ICC's Malcolm Speed said Darrell Hair's career might be over as a fallout of the Oval Test controversy.
India's first innings total of 664 in the Oval Test is the fourth highest total in Test cricket against all opponents.
English umpire Peter Loader will wear a black armband in a second-grade cricket match in Australia this weekend to protest the sacking of Darrell Hair.
Faisal Iqbal has been cleared to replace banned skipper Inzamam-ul Haq in the squad for the ICC Champions Trophy.
ICC CEO Malcolm Speed said the controversial umpire was withdrawn from the Champions Trophy because the BCCI raised concerns over a 'potential negative reaction' from the crowd.
An ICC source confirmed the controversial Australian umpire's appointment for the October-November event.
The ICC does not rule out a forensic test of the ball that was alleged to have been tampered with by Pakistan during the Oval Test against England.
The Pakistan captain said he is happy that all his players had put the Oval fiasco behind them.
Doctrove is scheduled to officiate in the ODI series between hosts South Africa and India starting on Sunday.
Talat Ali was named Pakistan manager for the Champions Trophy in India.
The Pakistan skipper is also confident he will be exonerated of the charges levelled on him.
'I thought Virat Kohli was the best batsman I've ever seen because of the way he plays in all forms, but Steve Smith... that's another level.'
Australia coach John Buchanan said the leg-spinner was in the equation to play the fifth Test alongside Shane Warne
Earlier, South Africa England swung the bat to declare on 313-8 at tea on the fourth day, a taking huge lead of 491 runs.
Virat Kohli, who amassed 593 runs at an average of 59.3 in the series which the visitors lost by 1-4 margin, had started the series 27 points behind Australia's Steve Smith and finished one point ahead of his closest rival.
Pakistan were awarded a five-run penalty and the ball was changed on the third day of the second Test against South Africa in Dubai on Friday. Umpire Ian Gould signalled five runs to Pakistan after talking to South African captain Graeme Smith during Pakistan's second innings.
Harish Kotian/Rediff.com rates the Indian players in England.
Veteran South African cricketer Hashim Amla has reportedly become the third player from the country to be named his country's 'Cricketer of the Year' on two occasions, when he received the award for 2012/2013 season at a gala Cricket South Africa (CSA) banquet.
Not really impressed with the preparation that India will have going into the Test series against Australia, former captain Sourav Ganguly has said a couple of two-day practice games are just not enough.
The England-India series has brought the bowler back into what has been turned into a batsman's game, says Aakar Patel.
After South Africa were penalised five runs for ball tampering against Pakistan in the second Test in Dubai on Friday, AB de Villiers insisted the Proteas were not cheats.
Kevin Pietersen's claim that a former England captain has told the England Cricket Board that three of his team-mates might have access to a parody twitter account mocking him came out to be true with Alec Stewart saying that he stood by what the controversial former batsman said in his autobiography.
'If we don't win the series, then there could be something radically wrong with the team.'
Suresh Raina said he would have been left devastated had India failed to draw the fourth and final Test against Australia in Sydney following his failures with the bat in both innings.
Being the third highest wicket-taker in history of Test cricket is no mean achievement but former India captain Anil Kumble wishes he had the skills of his two greatest contemporaries -- Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan.
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