Re: 4th Test - Eng vs Pak - Oval, 17th-21st Aug.
PAKISTAN FORFEIT FOURTH TEST
England’s final Test against Pakistan ended in dramatic circumstances on Sunday with International Cricket Council officials ruling the match should be forfeited in the hosts’ favour.
Never before in the history of Test cricket has a match been forfeited in this manner.
After hours of deliberations, it was agreed the match could no longer continue following the controversial scenes earlier in the day.
A joint statement from the ICC, England and Wales Cricket Board and Pakistan Cricket Board issued on Sunday night read: "After lengthy negotiations which resulted in agreement between the teams, the match referee and both the ECB and PCB to resume the fourth Test tomorrow, it was concluded that with regret there will be no play on the fifth day.
"The fourth Test has therefore been forfeited with the match being awarded to England.
“In accordance with the laws of cricket, it was noted that the umpires had correctly deemed that Pakistan had forfeited the match and awarded the test to England.”
Pakistan had earlier been aggrieved by the award of five penalty runs to England after umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove believed there had been ball tampering.