Inzamam unlikely to appeal ban as umpire Hair sidelined
The Pakistan captain was cleared of ball tampering but given a four-match one-day international ban for bringing the game into disrepute as the final Test with England became the first in history to be forfeited.
Having refused to play after tea on the fourth day on two occasions in protest at on-field umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove awarding five penalty runs to England for ball tampering, Inzamam is now all but ruled out of next month’s Champions Trophy tournament in India. However, Inzamam, who has 24 hours to appeal against the verdict of the two-day hearing at the Oval, has indicated he will accept the punishment – his fifth in the last 19 months of international cricket.
