 Inzamam could be barred from the ICC Champions Trophy |
The hearing into the controversial Oval Test between England and Pakistan will take place in London on 27 and 28 September, it has been announced. It will be conducted by senior match referee Ranjan Madugalle of Sri Lanka.
Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq faces twin charges of ball-tampering and bringing the game into disrepute.
His team forfeited the match when refusing to resume play on the final session of the fourth day, the series ending 3-0 to England amid acrimony.
Pakistan's refusal to take the field on 20 August was their way of protesting at accusations of cheating by umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove.
As captain, Inzamam was deemed responsible for the actions of his entire team, with the officials unable to single out individual Pakistan fielder(s) on the ball-tampering charge.
The match was awarded to England, the first forfeit in the 129-year history of Test cricket.
Inzamam, who has been retained as captain for next month's ICC Champions Trophy in India, faces a ban of two to four Test matches or four to eight one-day internationals if found guilty of the disrepute charge.
The ball-tampering charge carries a lower tariff.
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Australian Hair, who controversially offered to quit his post on the elite umpiring panel in exchange for US$500,000, and West Indian official Doctrove are expected to give evidence along with match referee Mike Procter.
International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed regretted the delay in the hearing.
And he clarified it was not accurate to say Pakistan would be cleared of ball-tampering charges simply because there was no video evidence.
Speed told reporters in Mumbai (Bombay): "If video evidence was the only criteria, taking the analogy of crime, we would not be able to prove a lot of murders and half the jails would be empty.
"I cannot say much, except that there are other forms of evidence, and all will unfold at the hearing.
"There is the ball, the accounts of other people who were present, and there's the umpires' version, which is the most important."
Speed called on players to respect the decisions made by umpires across the globe to help safeguard the game's long-term future.
"What I am advocating is for players and officials to adhere to the ideals that this great game has been built upon for 300 years," he said.
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