Ranking the 5 worst cricket controversies since 2000

#4 When Pakistan forfeited a Test match

The umpires with Inzamam checking the condition of the ball

The Pakistan vs England series of 2006 was nearing its end with the latter already having won the series with one Test to go at The Oval.

It is, however, for that game that the series is remembered whenever it comes up for any form of discussion.

During the fourth day of the Test match, umpires Darell Hair and Billy Doctrove were of the opinion that the Pakistani cricketers had lifted a quarter of the seam in the ball and so it had to be changed.

Post the tea break, the visitors led by Inzamam-Ul-Haq refused to take the field in protest of the umpire's decision and after waiting for 20 minutes, the umpires made their way into their dressing room, asked the skipper if his side would take the field or not and when they didn't receive an answer in the affirmative, decided to award the game to England.

Inzamam was banned for four ODIs for having bought the game into disrepute while Hair was banned from officiating in international matches in November that year.