History Of Pakistan Cricket's Rawalpindi Express - Shoaib Akhtar

"Here is the history of one of our greatly hyped fastfound jet skiing while he missed test match series in
bowler in review.new Zealand because of calf groin injury.
Very early days of Shoaib Akhtar back in 1996 whenHe found himself in a back injury in 2004 playing
he was about to join Pakistan Cricket team he wasagainst India Cricket team in final test match. Later
dropped from squad because of bad attitude. He gothe hits 28 of 14 balls in the same match.
1 year delayed ODI debut because of this.Inzamam-ul-Haq was not very impressed with this
He was leading wicket taker and star of the series inperformance he gave with the injury. A should injury
World Cup 1999. Earlier this year playing against Indiacaptured Shoaib Akhtar at perth while he was
he produced those two magic balls which made himdestroying Australian cricket team alone with his
famous all over the world. He was hired byfurious bowling. Even this year he was reported for
Nottinghamshire to play county league same year.disciplinary breaches.
His bowling action was reported and then cleared byA Bollywood Movie Director Mahesh Bhatt offered
ICC. Soon after that he suffered a rib injury to avoidhim a role in his movie in year 2005 as he was facing
Nottinghamshire county season. A should injurya hamstring injury and was not able to join the
followed by Knee and ankle injury conquered him notcricket team for VB Series. His relations with former
to play anymore in year 2000.Pakistan Cricket Coach Bob Woolmer and
He returned back with a strong performance againstInzama-ul-Haq corroded. Yet again, peaces out critics
New Zealand cricket team where he took 5 wicketsby enormous performance against England Cricket
in year 2001. But in very next game to disappoint histeam with 17 wickets in series despite of getting an
entire fans over the world he spotted a hamstringinjury in last test at Lahore.
injury after 9 throwing 9 balls only. He was againGreg Chappell raised his questions against Shoaib
reported for his bowling action but was cleared asAkhtar's bowling action in 2006, ICC refrained from
the report from Cricket University said his action iscommenting on this. Ankle injury followed by severe
caused by special physical characteristics.knee condition threatened his career ending. He was
Early 2002 he was hit by the crowed in Dhaka, India.due for a surgery.
He was forced to miss the tour because of injury. HeIn 2006 Doping charges on Shoaib Akhtar and
came back to team against New Zealand while payingMohammad Asif shocked the Cricket World as they
at home ground. He bowled first ever 100 mph ball inwere tested positive for the banned substance
the history of cricket. Against Zimbabwe he returnedNandrolone just before the champions Trophy. Later
the favor to the crowed by throwing a bottlethe ban for 2 years was cleared by a neutral tribunal.
towards them and got himself 1 ODI ban. A kneeCricket fans all over the world were happy to see
injury follows that to miss the series against Southhim named in 30 man squad for World Cup 2007. He
Africa.was injured during South Africa Series and only could
In 2003 he was removed from the Pakistan Cricketplay one test match. An argument with Bob Woolmer
team along with other players by Tauqir Zia (PCBwas shown on a TV channel and Shoaib Akhtar was
Chairman) on poor performance in Worl Cup 2003.fined by Pakistan Cricket Board. His named was pulled
Later this year when he was called back for seriesoff from the World Cup 2007 Pakistan Squad at very
against Sri Lanka he earned a ban for ball tempering.last moment because of injury. Some say it was a
He faced a lawsuit from a Pakistani citizen onprecaution for him not to find positive in dope-test as
partying on a night of religious importance. He wasNandrolone substance were still present in his body.