Pakistan offer England compensation match

The Pakistan Cricket Board is offering to play a one-day international match in England next year as a way of resolving the compensation row from the forfeited Oval Test.

The ECB had asked the Pakistan Cricket Board for £800,000 in lost revenue after The Oval Test became the first Test in history to be forfeited when Pakistan refused to take the field on the fourth day after umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove had penalised them five runs for ball-tampering. The PCB initially refused to pay, and have now offered the ODI as an alternative.

A PCB official told the BBC: "We have told (ECB chairman) David Morgan that we are willing to play a one-dayer next summer in England and revenues earned from that game after deducting expenses can be taken as compensation."

The PCB refused to pay the compensation after captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was cleared of ball-tampering. The board said Hair was responsible for the forfeiture. Hair was dumped from the elite list of umpires last week, and the PCB official said: "We want a settlement despite the fact that Hair's removal had vindicated our stand."