The ICC should not have changed the result of the controversial 2006 Oval test between England and Pakistan to a draw, according to the MCC.The MCC called for the ICC to reinstate the original result that Pakistan had forfeited the Test and said it had set a dangerous precedent by altering the result.
England were originally declared winners after Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq refused to lead his team back on to the field after tea on day four in protest after being docked five runs for alleged ball tampering by umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove.
After an investigation into the incident that resulted in the first forfeited result in Tests, the ICC executive board altered the result to a draw in July this year.
"The ICC's decision (altering the win to a draw) is wrong and sets a very dangerous precedent. Cricket is the worse for this decision," MCC world cricket committee chairman Tony Lewis told a news conference after its two-day meeting in New Delhi.
The Lord's-based committee said the ICC's executive board's decision, which overrode the ICC cricket committee's unanimous recommendation that the forfeited result should stand, ran contrary to the laws of cricket.
"The ICC has no power, under the Laws of Cricket, to decide that results should be altered, whether it feels them to be 'inappropriate' or otherwise," the MCC said in a statement.
"The committee urges the ICC to revoke its decisionand to confirm that the original result of the match still stands."
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