INZAMAM-UL-HAQ will face the International Cricket Councilés top match referee in a hearing on Friday after being charged with two major breaches of the Code of Conduct.
Inzamam, as captain, will have to answer two charges relating to échanging the condition of the ballé and ébringing the game into disreputeé following the controversial scenes in the final Test against England at the Oval.
The charges will be heard by the ICCés chief match referee Ranjan Madugalle, who took charge of the first three Tests in this series and is flying into London as Mike Procter, the match referee at the game, may have to give evidence at the hearing.
The first charge Inzamam faces, as captain, is a breach of Level 2.10 of the ICC Code which relates to changing the condition of the ball and he could face a penalty of between 50% and 100% of his match fee and/or a one Test or two one-day international ban if found guilty.
The second charge, which has again been levelled because he is the captain, is a level three breach of the code which relates to conduct that brings the player or the game of cricket into disrepute and carries far more serious consequences.
This charge has been brought by on-field umpires Billy Doctrove and Darrell Hair and reserve officials Peter Hartley and Trevor Jesty following a meeting with the match referee on Monday morning.
If he is found guilty of this charge, Inzamam could be suspended for the remainder of Pakistanés tour of England as he faces a ban of between two and four Tests or four to eight one-dayers.
Pakistan, who face Middlesex at Uxbridge on Thursday, have six remaining international matches remaining on the tour, beginning with a Twenty20 international at Bristol next Monday and followed by a five-match one-day series.
What do you make of the saga? Have your say.
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All that seemed to be missing from the farce at the Oval was John Cleese appearing with the apology" Excuse him he's from...Australia". The cost to English Cricket is in excess of ¿¿400K when you take into account the refunds and loss of revenue for catering for a fifth day. Poor communication was the order of the day, by umpires with players, offficialdom with spectators and governing bodies with the media. You couldn't have scripted a farce like this! By the way the loss to spectators who travelled from North of Watford will not be compensated! Again!!
Yesterday was a sad day for all true cricket lovers. I have enormous sympathy for Inzamam - he is a decent, honest man and I believe he is genuinely offended at the slur of cheating. However, the umpires clearly felt the condition of the ball was suspicious, and they acted within the laws of the game by requiring it to be changed at Pakistan's expense. Would it have been right to turn a blind eye to a damaged ball, which could have affected England's chances, for fear of offending Pakistan? In management terms the incident could clearly have been handled better, and I hope the ICC will issue new directions to umpires about giving several warning, consultation, etc. But all this pales into insignificance when compared with Pakistan's refusal to play after tea. They have no "right" - as Bob Woolmer claims - to protest in this way. They could have registered a formal - and public - complaint during the tea interval and had it investigated that night, by when they may have won the game. Instead, by refusing to play, they brought the game into disrepute, ruined the day for millions of cricket followers, and - astonishingly - threw away their chance of salvaging some pride from the series!
i feel rather sick the way the umpire hair behaved in this farce. there are ways of dealing with situations, and he made a right mess, and this is not the first time.he's approach was very insulting, get rid of this umpire, and bring back dicky bird.
he is the culprit that created the fall of the game.
Cricket can be more Decent without Mr Hair as a Umpire
"Beyond reasonable doubt".....only then can a decsion be made. There was so proof, there was nothing.
How can you then make a decsion that sends any team with an ounce of pride into defending itself. Pakistan is a proud cricket nation and no way will they accept unproved allagations like this. Why should they? What would you do in a situtaion like thsi? Would Fletcher and teh English boys just roll on after a decsion like this was made against them.....I DONT THINK SO!!
Hair, for an umpire, has spent far too much time in the spotlight. Maybe that in itself speaks volumes with regards to this particular situation.
I still love cricket!!