Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan has labelled Australian umpire Darrell Hair a "mini Hitler" for his central role in a ball-tampering row which ended in the first forfeit in 130 years of Test cricket.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was outraged, saying it would not accept Hair for any further matches.

"We are going to make it clear to the International Cricket Council (ICC) that we are not going to play under the supervision of Hair in any future matches," Khan told Reuters.

But ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said Pakistan could face further charges after refusing to take to the field in London.

"The umpires are meeting this morning to consider whether there should be any further charges in relation to the refusal by Pakistan to take the field that resulted in the forfeit of the match," Speed told BBC Radio.

"It may be that there is more than one charge."

Amid scenes of high farce at The Oval in London, match officials awarded England the fourth Test when the Pakistani team refused to return after tea on the fourth day.

It was England's last Test before they travel to Australia to defend the Ashes.

Hair, 53, triggered the crisis by awarding England a five-run penalty when he ruled that the Pakistanis had illegally tampered with the ball.

The Pakistan players protested on the field, then refused to come out of the pavilion after tea. Hair and fellow umpire Billy Doctrove of the West Indies lifted the bails, signalling the end of the match.

Pakistan later decided they would play, but Hair refused to umpire.

After five hours of talks, International Cricket Council (ICC) match officials upheld the decision to award the match to England.

The forfeit, which rescued the home country from a difficult match position, cost England cricket authorities around $A1 million in refunds and lost ticket sales.

It caused outrage in Pakistan, where Hair has long been viewed as being biased against Pakistan teams.

"Hair is one of those characters when he wears the white umpire's coat, he metamorphoses into a mini Hitler," Imran wrote in his column in The Nation newspaper.

"During my career I have seen such umpires who go out of their way to make their authority felt. They are umpiring fundamentalists. Such characters court controversy," he wrote.

Hair gained international notoriety when he no-balled Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan for throwing in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne in 1995.

In his autobiography published three years later an unapologetic Hair described Murali's action as "diabolical".

He has been involved in numerous controversies since, usually involving teams from Pakistan.

The latest row was sparked by a reverse-swinging yorker from Pakistan pace bowler Umar Gul which bowled England batsman Alastair Cook.

Hair inspected the ball, and he with fellow umpire Doctrove ruled it had been illegally tampered with.

Oddly, the umpires then allowed England's batsmen Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood to choose a replacement ball. The laws of cricket say this should be done by the umpires.

The ICC later issued a statement noting: "The umpires had correctly deemed that Pakistan had forfeited the match and awarded the Test to England".

"The Pakistan team was aggrieved by the award of five penalty runs to England. The award of those penalty runs for alleged interference with the ball is under review by the ICC match referee Mike Procter, whose report will be considered in due course."

Pakistan chairman Shaharyar Khan said his players categorically denied tampering with the ball and were "deeply aggrieved" by the accusation.

"The boys were extremely upset at the slur of what happened. They wanted to register a protest with the match officials."

Pakistan intends to go ahead with the one-day internationals against England, due to start next week.

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