Fourth Test Timeline

Inzamam-ul-Haq belatedly leads his Pakistan team out at the Brit Oval © Getty Images

Inzamam-ul-Haq was banned for four one-day international after being found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute at an International Cricket Council hearing at the Brit Oval.

The Pakistan captain was cleared of a charge of ball-tampering during the final npower Test against England, also at the Brit Oval.

Here ecb.co.uk looks at the chain of events which resulted in a Test being forfeited for the first time in history:

Sunday, August 20

14.14: Alastair Cook is given out leg before to an inswinging yorker from seamer Umar Gul to leave England 218 for three, trailing Pakistan by 113 runs.

14.30: Umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove consult over the condition of the ball and award five penalty runs to England for ball-tampering with England 234 for three.The umpires call for the ball to be changed and England's not out batsmen, Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood, choose a replacement ball.

15.37: Bad light stops play, with England 298 for four.

16.40: The umpires return to the middle for the schedule resumption after tea, but there is no sign of Pakistan and England's batsmen - Collingwood and Ian Bell - wait on their balcony. The umpires wait four minutes before walking off.

16.55: Hair and Doctrove return to the middle, having gone into the Pakistan dressing room. The England batsman also walk out into the middle but there is still no sign of Pakistan. After another a short delay, Hair removes the bails to signal the match has been forfeited.

17.23: Inzamam leads his side out onto the field to jeers from the sell-out crowd but, after a couple of minutes waiting in vain for the umpires and England batsmen to join them, the tourists return to the dressing room.

18.13: Play is officially called off for the day, prompting several hours of meetings between officials of England and Pakistan and match referee Mike Proctor, who consults with high-ranking figures of the International Cricket Council by telephone.

22.12: An official ICC announcement confirms Pakistan have forfeited the final Test and England have won the series 3-0.

Monday, August 21

Pakistan return to the Brit Oval to pick up their kit while Inzamam, as the team's captain, is charged with ball-tampering and bringing the game into disrepute by the ICC, with the hearing date set for Friday, August 25.

Inzamam denies all charges, while the ECB prepare to pay out around £400,000 in refunds and Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer confirms the one-day series could be in doubt if Inzamam is punished.

Tuesday, August 22

The ECB confirm England coach Duncan Fletcher visited match referee Proctor before the start of the fourth day's play at the Oval, but insist the conversation was not about ball-tampering.

Hair begins a private email exchange with Doug Cowie, the ICC umpires' manager, suggesting the possibility of a US$500,000 pay-out in return for his retirement.

Wednesday, August 23

ECB chairman David Morgan meets with Pakistan officials in an attempt to cool growing tension and ensure the one-day series goes ahead.

Thursday, August 24

The ICC confirm that Friday’s hearing was postponed because senior match referee Ranjan Madugalle, who was due to chair the hearing, has been delayed in Sri Lanka for family reasons.

Malcolm Speed, the ICC's chief executive, flies to London while the ECB make contingency plans for Monday's Twenty20 match in Bristol. A World XI being lined-up to replace Pakistan.

Friday, August 25

Speed delivers a bombshell to the cricket world by announcing details of the e-mails from Hair to Cowie demanding a pay-off. Hair issues a statement insisting: “There was no malicious intent behind this communication with the ICC.”

Tuesday, August 29

Hair apologies for the email he sent demanding a pay-off, while the ICC cancel an emergency executive committee meeting scheduled for Dubai on the following Saturday, claiming the extensive media coverage made it unnecessary to brief members of the situation.

Wednesday, August 30

Hair is withdrawn by the ECB from officiating in a second XI match between Derbyshire and Gloucestershire at Chesterfield to keep him out of the limelight.