The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and commercial partners and sponsors of English Test cricket are assessing their losses after the forfeited Test between England and Pakistan at the Brit Oval.

Although normal ticketing policy dictates that fans would not be entitled to reimbursements as 54 overs were played on Sunday, the ECB and Surrey CCC have offered a 40 per cent refund to Sunday's ticket holders, which translates to a £400,000 bill for the ECB.

However, it is the commercial partners, including Vodafone, the England team's shirt sponsor and Npower, the sponsors of English cricket, that are likely to be hardest hit by the debacle surrounding the first ever forfeited Test match.

Valuable media coverage was lost because of the premature conclusion to the game, including the presentation ceremony, where the Npower trophy would have been given to England. Estimates suggest that the costs could top £1.5m.

The ECB is hoping that the remainder of the tour, which includes the lucrative five-match one day international series, will not be thrown into jeopardy by the disciplinary hearing of Inzamam-ul-Haq.

Ul-Haq faces a potential ban for charges of ball tampering and bringing the game into disrepute. If found guilty, it seems likely that the Pakistan squad would support their captain by not playing for the remainder of the tour.