The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has urged the ICC to revoke the decision of the controversial 2006 Oval Test.

The Test featuring Pakistan and England was awarded to the hosts after visiting skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq walked off with his team after umpire Darrel Hair penalised them with five runs for ball tampering. However, after a prolonged legal battle, the ICC overturned that decision and declared it as a draw.

The MCC World Cricket Committee, which met in New Delhi on Sunday, observed that the ICC acted beyond its rights in overturning the decision and recommended that the match be awarded to England as was originally decided.

"As per Law 21.10, the ICC has no power to decide that results should be altered, whether it feels them to be "inappropriate" or otherwise," the committee observed.

"The ICC's decision sets a very dangerous precedent, cricket is the worse for this decision," it said.

Present in the two-day meeting here was former Pakistan captain Majid Khan who too put his weight behind the MCC World Cricket Committee's decision.

"The rule clearly states that a decision once taken cannot be overturned. I was myself present in the ICC Cricket Committee meeting held in May 2007 where it was decided that the outcome of the Oval Test should not be altered," he said.

However, Chairman Tony Lewis admitted the Committee has no powers to ensure that the ICC acts on its recommendations.

"We can only put forward our recommendations. But as per as our lawyers, there's no way the ICC can change the laws of the game," said Lewis.

Besides Lewis and Khan, the meeting was attended by Steve Waugh, Shaun Pollock, Derek Underwood, John Stephenson, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble and Barry Richards.

The Committee also recommended to preserve the primacy of Test cricket and felt that Twenty20 cricket should not be thrust on young players.

"We have to be sensible and see that the development of young minds is not impeded. Dravid had a strong view on that," said Stephenson, MCC's Head of Cricket. The use of pink balls and day-night cricket was suggested to make Test cricket more exciting.

"Twenty20 seems to have caught everyone's fancy but Test cricket is the true test of the game. So we will have to do everything in our powers to maintain its primacy and make it viewer friendly. The pink balls and day-night Test could be one way of going about it," said Pollock.

Also on the agenda was the art of spin bowling and ways that it could be encouraged.

"We must admit that there's a general decline in spin bowling. We looked at ways where we can have more spin. It was great to have Kumble among us who gave his inputs," said Underwood, President of the MCC World Cricket Committee.

Among other decisions that were discussed included the option of taking Twenty20 cricket to the Olympics, which the Committee felt should not be carried out.

"The ICC has to decided whether being in the Olympics and winning a gold medal is the pinnacle of Twenty20 cricket and only then they should go ahead," said Waugh.

Asked about the surfeit of cricket that was leading to breakdowns, Shaun Tait being a classic example, Waugh said, "It depends on the players. At the end of the day they have to decide what to do and what not.

"Look at (MS) Dhoni, he skipped the Test series because he was feeling stressed. So it for individual players to decide," said the former Australian skipper.

The MCC committee also threw its weight behind the umpire decision review system, which, it believed, had "improved player conduct" and is "good for the game."