Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday banned fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for five years for violating the players' cricket code of conduct.
Here is a list of the 32-year-old's run-ins with cricketing authorities:
December 1999: Banned for illegal bowling action.
February 2000: Banned for a Test and fined 50,000 rupees after a breach of code on the tour of Australia.
January 2001: Banned for illegal bowling action for a second time.
November 2002: Fined 50 percent of match fee, banned for one one-day international for throwing a bottle into the crowd during a Test in Harare, Zimbabwe.
December 2002: Suspended one-Test ban for ball-tampering.
May 2003: Banned for two ODIs and fined 75 percent of match fee for ball tampering during a tri-series match in Sri Lanka.
October 2003: Banned for one Test and two ODIs for using obscene and offensive language towards Paul Adams during Lahore Test against South Africa.
December 2004:Fined 40 percent of match fee for taunting batsman during Test in Australia.
January 2005: Fined 25 percent of match fee for excessive appealing in ODI in Australia.
October 2006: Banned for two years for testing positive for nandrolone. Ban lifted on appeal.
August 2007: Fined 5,000 dollars for leaving training camp without permission. Fine suspended on appeal pending probation.
October 2007: Banned for 13 international matches, fined 3.4 million rupees and placed on two-years probation for five disciplinary breaches, including hitting teammate Mohammad Asif on the thigh with a cricket bat.
April 1, 2008: Handed a five-year ban from playing in or for Pakistan after he criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board's award of contracts.
Here is a list of the 32-year-old's run-ins with cricketing authorities:
December 1999: Banned for illegal bowling action.
February 2000: Banned for a Test and fined 50,000 rupees after a breach of code on the tour of Australia.
January 2001: Banned for illegal bowling action for a second time.
November 2002: Fined 50 percent of match fee, banned for one one-day international for throwing a bottle into the crowd during a Test in Harare, Zimbabwe.
December 2002: Suspended one-Test ban for ball-tampering.
May 2003: Banned for two ODIs and fined 75 percent of match fee for ball tampering during a tri-series match in Sri Lanka.
October 2003: Banned for one Test and two ODIs for using obscene and offensive language towards Paul Adams during Lahore Test against South Africa.
December 2004:Fined 40 percent of match fee for taunting batsman during Test in Australia.
January 2005: Fined 25 percent of match fee for excessive appealing in ODI in Australia.
October 2006: Banned for two years for testing positive for nandrolone. Ban lifted on appeal.
August 2007: Fined 5,000 dollars for leaving training camp without permission. Fine suspended on appeal pending probation.
October 2007: Banned for 13 international matches, fined 3.4 million rupees and placed on two-years probation for five disciplinary breaches, including hitting teammate Mohammad Asif on the thigh with a cricket bat.
April 1, 2008: Handed a five-year ban from playing in or for Pakistan after he criticised the Pakistan Cricket Board's award of contracts.
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