KARACHI, March 24 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - The Pakistan Cricket Board has resolved a long standing compensation dispute with the England and Wales Cricket Board which threatened to affect their cordial relations, a cricket official said on Saturday.
"Pakistan will now play a Twenty20 Cup match on its tour of England in 2012 to compensate the hosts for the loss of revenues they suffered last year in the Oval test," the PCB official said.
England had sought compensation of over 800,000 pounds ($1.56 million) from the Pakistan board after the August Oval test was awarded to the home side at tea on the fourth day.
The umpires declared a forfeiture result after Pakistan refused to continue play in protest against being charged with ball tampering by the match officials.
The official said a meeting with ECB officials in London this week had been successful in resolving the dispute.
"We didn't want the matter to go to the International Cricket Council (ICC) disputes resolution committee as we enjoy good relations with the ECB," he said.
The ECB had threatened to go to the disputes committee after Pakistan initially rejected their compensation claims.
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