The dispute between England and Pakistan over lost money from the forfeited Test at the Brit Oval last August was finally resolved yesterday when Pakistan agreed to waive their right to a fee for a Twenty20 match as part of their tour to England in 2012.

The ECB had called in the ICC to arbitrate last November after Pakistan blamed Darrell Hair, the umpire, for the incident and refused claims for compensation of £800,000.

The ECB demanded the money saying that it had refunded 40 per cent to the fans who watched the game on the fourth day and full payment to ticket-holders for the fifth day. Pakistan refused to pay, but yesterday agreed to play a match against England anywhere for no fee. That is potentially more lucrative for England, but they will have to wait five years.

As part of the settlement, England’s next tour to Pakistan was moved from 2010 to January and February of 2012 and will comprise of three Test matches and five one-day internationals. Provisionally, England were meant to tour Bangladesh and Zimbabwe then. David Collier, the ECB chief executive, said that the decision to push back the dates had been taken to allow for a fuller series against Pakistan, something that he indicated would not have been possible in an already crowded 2010.

Pakistan will tour England in the summer of 2012, playing three more Tests and five one-day internationals in addition to the Twenty20 match.

The compensation claim arose after Pakistan refused to take field on the fourth afternoon of the Oval Test, resulting in a forfeit. Pakistan’s refusal followed the decision by Hair and Billy Doctrove, the umpires, to change the ball on suspicion that Pakistan players had altered the condition of the ball deliberately.

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