I don't regret walking out of the Oval Test, says Inzamam

KARACHI: Two years have elapsed ever since Pakistan walked out of the infamous Oval Test and former skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq says he does not regret the decision and would take the same decision again if history repeats itself.
"I have no regrets at all. What I did I did because Hair (Darrel) had called us cheats, he called Pakistani cricketers cheats.It was a slur on our team and nation and I can't tolerate that," Inzamam said in a television interview on Friday.
The Oval Test played in August 2006 went down in history as the first Test to be forfeited after Darrel Hair and fellow umpire Billy Doctrove awarded the match to England after Pakistan failed to come out on time after the tea break before which Hair had penalised Inzamam and his men for ball tampering.
"Even the ICC match referee adjudicator, Ranjan Madugalle who is an experienced referee said later at the hearing that Hair had acted in haste and he didn't use his authority properly," Inzamam said.
Hair was later suspended from umpiring Test and international matches by the ICC but earlier this year he was reinstated again, a decision which didn't go down well with Inzamam. Hair, however, recently announced he was retiring from umpiring international matches.
Inzamam made it clear that no matter what people said he took the right decision and he had the support of the players.
"I will say again if this incident was to happen again I would do the same thing. Hair called us cheats and the ICC adjudicator later cleared us of the same charge."