| Ball Tempering, Rude Attitude, Doping Charges, Fights | | | | Chairman) on poor performance in Worl Cup 2003. |
| with former coach Bob Woolmer. This man has been | | | | Later this year when he was called back for series |
| nominated for them all. | | | | against Sri Lanka he earned a ban for ball tempering. |
| His career is spanned over 9 years. He represented | | | | He faced a lawsuit from a Pakistani citizen on |
| Pakistan Cricket in 133 One Day Internationals (ODI) | | | | partying on a night of religious importance. He was |
| and has 208 Wickets under his belt. He participated in | | | | found jet skiing while he missed test match series in |
| 43 Test Matches and got 169 Players out. Looking by | | | | new Zealand because of calf groin injury. |
| the facts and figures It is not immense amount of | | | | He found himself in a back injury in 2004 playing |
| cricket he played but he was in news more than in | | | | against India Cricket team in final test match. Later |
| cricket ground. | | | | he hits 28 of 14 balls in the same match. |
| Here is the history of one of our greatly hyped fast | | | | Inzamam-ul-Haq was not very impressed with this |
| bowler in review. | | | | performance he gave with the injury. A should injury |
| Very early days of Shoaib Akhtar back in 1996 when | | | | captured Shoaib Akhtar at perth while he was |
| he was about to join Pakistan Cricket team he was | | | | destroying Australian cricket team alone with his |
| dropped from squad because of bad attitude. He got | | | | furious bowling. Even this year he was reported for |
| 1 year delayed ODI debut because of this. | | | | disciplinary breaches. |
| He was leading wicket taker and star of the series in | | | | A Bollywood Movie Director Mahesh Bhatt offered |
| World Cup 1999. Earlier this year playing against India | | | | him a role in his movie in year 2005 as he was facing |
| he produced those two magic balls which made him | | | | a hamstring injury and was not able to join the |
| famous all over the world. He was hired by | | | | cricket team for VB Series. His relations with former |
| Nottinghamshire to play county league same year. | | | | Pakistan Cricket Coach Bob Woolmer and |
| His bowling action was reported and then cleared by | | | | Inzama-ul-Haq corroded. Yet again, peaces out critics |
| ICC. Soon after that he suffered a rib injury to avoid | | | | by enormous performance against England Cricket |
| Nottinghamshire county season. A should injury | | | | team with 17 wickets in series despite of getting an |
| followed by Knee and ankle injury conquered him not | | | | injury in last test at Lahore. |
| to play anymore in year 2000. | | | | Greg Chappell raised his questions against Shoaib |
| He returned back with a strong performance against | | | | Akhtar's bowling action in 2006, ICC refrained from |
| New Zealand cricket team where he took 5 wickets | | | | commenting on this. Ankle injury followed by severe |
| in year 2001. But in very next game to disappoint his | | | | knee condition threatened his career ending. He was |
| entire fans over the world he spotted a hamstring | | | | due for a surgery. |
| injury after 9 throwing 9 balls only. He was again | | | | In 2006 Doping charges on Shoaib Akhtar and |
| reported for his bowling action but was cleared as | | | | Mohammad Asif shocked the Cricket World as they |
| the report from Cricket University said his action is | | | | were tested positive for the banned substance |
| caused by special physical characteristics. | | | | Nandrolone just before the champions Trophy. Later |
| Early 2002 he was hit by the crowed in Dhaka, India. | | | | the ban for 2 years was cleared by a neutral tribunal. |
| He was forced to miss the tour because of injury. He | | | | Cricket fans all over the world were happy to see |
| came back to team against New Zealand while paying | | | | him named in 30 man squad for World Cup 2007. He |
| at home ground. He bowled first ever 100 mph ball in | | | | was injured during South Africa Series and only could |
| the history of cricket. Against Zimbabwe he returned | | | | play one test match. An argument with Bob Woolmer |
| the favor to the crowed by throwing a bottle | | | | was shown on a TV channel and Shoaib Akhtar was |
| towards them and got himself 1 ODI ban. A knee | | | | fined by Pakistan Cricket Board. His named was pulled |
| injury follows that to miss the series against South | | | | off from the World Cup 2007 Pakistan Squad at very |
| Africa. | | | | last moment because of injury. Some say it was a |
| In 2003 he was removed from the Pakistan Cricket | | | | precaution for him not to find positive in dope-test as |
| team along with other players by Tauqir Zia (PCB | | | | Nandrolone substance were still present in his body. |