Not many thought that a man as laid back as Inzimam-ul-Haq would be at the centre of cricket’s first forfeited Test match in 129 years. When Umpire Darrell Hair accused team Pakistan of ball tampering and awarded five penalty runs to England, Pakistan Captain Inzimam-ul-Haq protested without much success. However, when the teams went for the tea break, few predicted what was to follow. In a completely unexpected turn of events, Inzi along with the rest of the Pakistan team, refused to come back to the field in protest against the ball tampering charges. Umpires Billy Doctrove and Darrell Hair waited for a while and then awarded the match to England, the fist such instance in 129 years.
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