Shoaib Akhtar banned for 5 years

posted by   livecricket (61)   7 months ago (www.cricfever.com)

Pakistan banned maverick paceman Shoaib Akhtar from playing cricket for five years on Tuesday for violating the players' code of conduct, the country's cricket chief said. The 32-year-old Akhtar appeared before a disciplinary committee earlier on Tuesday charged with publicly criticising the country's board. He was already on two years' probation for hitting a teammate with a bat.