Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has been served witness summons
by a tribunal following umpire Darrel Hair's suing of ICC and PCB for racial discrimination
in the aftermath of the Oval controversy.
"The summons will compel his (Inzamam's) attendance for cross-examination
at the Central Office of London Tribunals next month," according to
a report published in 'The Times' Hair, who remains on the ICC's Elite panel,
was banned from officiating international matches. It was then that Hair had decided
to sue ICC on charges of racial discrimination.
Pakistan team was charged with ball tampering by Hair in the
fourth Test against England at Oval last year. Inzamam, who was the captain
of the side, refused to take the field in protest following which the match
was awarded to England.
"Hair's lawyer Finers Stephens Innocent wrote to Inzamam
requesting his attendance, but did not receive a reply. The summon was served
in the presence of Stewart Regan, the chief executive of Yorkshire, for whom
Inzamam is playing," the report said.
"He now has to decide whether to fly back to Pakistan
and return to England before the hearing commences on October 1, or stay in
London," it said.
If Inzamam had remained in Pakistan rather than play county
cricket, the tribunal would not have had the power to call him.
The hearing is expected to last for two weeks.
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