Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq's hearing to face charges of ball-tampering and bringing the game of cricket into disrepute will not take place until late September.
The hearing, originally scheduled for last week, was postponed after International Cricket Council (ICC) chief match referee Ranjan Madugalle was called away on an urgent personal matter.
A family illness meant that Madugalle remained in Sri Lanka and was unavailable to return to London in time to chair the hearing..jpg)
Both England and Pakistan will now compete in the pre-organised one-day international series with the hearing set to take place afterwards.
ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said the hearing had been pencilled in for late September.
"When we met with the lawyers for the PCB [Pakistan Cricket Board] - which was a very amicable meeting - we suggested that the hearing happen on the 14th and 15th, bearing in mind that the one-day series finishes the previous Sunday," he said.
"That date did not suit them for one reason or another and they asked for it to be put back. We are looking now for a date that suits the key participants so at this stage we are looking at the last week in September."
Speed also pointed out that allegations of bias and racism aimed at Australian umpire Darrell Hair were unfounded.
"It [the case] involves two simple cricket issues. Did the Pakistan team change the nature of the ball in an illegal manner under the laws of the game?
"Secondly, did the refusal by the Pakistan team to resume the match when directed to do so bring the game into disrepute?
"The ICC code of conduct provides a mechanism for former cricketers, match referees, to use their experience as cricketers to use their judgement on cricket issues and that is the process that we are trying to achieve here," he said.
