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Old 21-08-2006, 00:28   #457
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Originally Posted by Legendary_PSR
i watched it live and when the england players and the umpires went out the first time, pakistan delayed coming out. then the umpires and players headed back in and as they were doing that, the pakistan players headed out to continue play. however, they stopped when the umpires refused to turn round and head to the wicket(and thusly allow play to continue). it was then that inzamam ordered his players back into the dressing room.

THEN they refused to come out until kamran akmal wanted to read the paper. the rest is pretty much accurate(except for the coach scratching the ball, i can't recall either way whether that happened)

it's a pretty important event as it shows that pakistan were eventually willing to play on, it was the umpires who decided that wouldn't happen.

but, as always, the biased english media seems to miss out important events just to make their story
Well I have just read the following.......

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"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," read a statement on behalf of the International Cricket Council, England and Wales Cricket Board and the Pakistan Cricket Board.
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