Cricket: ICC warn Pakistan over comments.

PAKISTAN have been warned they may face a further charge of breaching the game's code of conduct if they continue making public remarks about the events surrounding the final Test against England. Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is still awaiting a date for his disciplinary hearing when he will defend two charges of breaching the code for his behaviour after his side were accused of ball-tampering at The Oval.

"I've been very disappointed by some of the public comments that have been made by members of the Pakistan Cricket Board, team management and captain Inzamam-ul-Haq," said Malcolm Speed, the International Cricket Council's chief executive.

"Over the course of the last two weeks there has been a stream of unnecessary and inappropriate public comment from the PCB, much of which could be seen as prejudicial to the pending code of conduct hearing.

"Ahead of this hearing it is wholly inappropriate for officials or players to comment on the issues that will be addressed," Pakistan have urged the ICC to remove Darrell Hair, who they blame for the ball-tampering row, from umpiring any of their future matches while coach Bob Woolmer has called for a change in the law regarding ball-tampering.