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England compensated for Oval Test

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LONDON, England -- Cricket officials from England and Pakistan have reached an agreement over a compensation claim for losses incurred after Pakistan sensationally forfeited the Oval Test match last summer.

The ball-tampering row meant the game ended early on day four with the England and Wales cricket board claiming it had cost them nearly $160,000 in lost revenues.

Under the agreement, Pakistan will waive their right to a fee for a Twenty20 match as part of their tour of England in summer 2012 to settle the claim.

The Test match was declared forfeit by umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove after the Pakistan players stayed in their dressing room after the tea interval in protest at a five-run penalty for ball tampering.

The ECB initially set the Pakistan Cricket Board an October 31 deadline to settle the compensation row, but it has taken almost five months more to reach agreement.

As part of the revised plan, England's next tour of Pakistan in 2010 will now be postponed to January/February 2012, and will comprise of three Test matches and five one-day internationals.

Pakistan will then tour England in summer 2012, playing three more Tests and five one-day internationals in addition to the Twenty20 match which will settle the claim.

ECB chief executive David Collier commented: "The meetings with PCB demonstrated the goodwill and desire of both boards to find a cricketing solution to the issues arising from the Oval Test Match."

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was later cleared of ball tampering but found guilty of disrepute in relation to the post-tea no-show at the Oval and banned for four one-day matches.

Match umpire Hair was barred from officiating in any Test match as a result of the row.

The Australian is now taking legal action against the International Cricket Council and the PCB for alleged racial discrimination.

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