LAHORE, Oct 29: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is waiting to hear from the sport's governing body before commenting on the increasing demands to reverse the official result of the first ever Test match forfeit, featuring Pakistan and England in 2006.

“They [International Cricket Council] have not yet sought our opinion, when they will ask us we will see,” PCB Director General Saleem Altaf said on Wednesday.

ICC President David Morgan backed calls to reverse the official outcome of the Test match, saying the controversial result of The Oval Test should be revisited.

The Marylebone Cricket Club, the London-based custodians of cricket’s laws, met in India last week and recommended that the ICC overturn its July ruling changing the result of the disputed Test from an England win to a draw.

“At the moment the issue is between the ICC and the MCC,” Saleem said. “It was the ICC which reversed The Oval Test match's decision because it is the game's governing body.”

The 2006 series became embroiled in controversy on the fourth day of the fourth Test when Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq refused to lead his team back on the field after the umpires enforced a five-run penalty for alleged ball tampering.

Umpires subsequently awarded a forfeit when Pakistan did not return to the field on time, with the win awarded to England.

Morgan, who was attending the launch of the 2009 women’s World Cup in Sydney, said he “was not happy” with the ICC's decision.

“I was president elect and I didn't believe it was appropriate to change the result,” he said.

Morgan said the ICC can reassess the decision, and he'd like to carefully read the minutes of the MCC world cricket committee meeting that considered the ICC executive board decision flawed.

The MCC's 18-man committee — an independent group of mostly former players charged with improving the game and its governance — said “the ICC had no power under the laws of cricket to decide that results should be altered, whether it feels it ‘inappropriate’ or otherwise.”

“The ICC’s decision is wrong and sets a very dangerous precedent. Cricket is the worse for this decision,” committee chairman Tony Lewis said.

Inzamam, who is now playing in the unofficial Indian Cricket League, was suspended for four games for bringing the game into disrepute. The team was cleared of the ball-tampering allegations.

The ICC ruling in July, changing the result to a draw, meant England was recorded as winning the four-match series 2-0 instead of 3-0.—AP