Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar [Images], who was recalled from the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa on Friday on disciplinary grounds, is no stranger to controversy.

A list of the controversies:

1996: Takes 25 wickets on the Pakistan A team's tour to England [Images]. Pakistan manager reports him for indiscipline and he is dropped from the Pakistan one-day squad going to Toronto for one-day series on the basis of report.

2000: Pakistan board fines him 50,000 rupees (431 pounds) for indiscipline on manager's report after tour of Australia.

2003: Dropped from Pakistan team after World Cup and PCB chairman tells him his career is finished if he does not improve his behaviour and discipline.

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2004: Disciplined by match referees in Australia for rude gestures against Australian batsmen in the Tests.

2006: Banned for two years after testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone in an internal drugs test carried out by the PCB. A three-man appeals tribunal later clears him of doping offences.

2007: Has a dressing room spat with coach Bob Woolmer [Images] during the second Test at Port Elizabeth against South Africa caught by television screens. Withdrawn from Pakistan's World Cup squad just hours before the team prepares to fly out to the West Indies [Images].

In August he is fined 300,000 rupees by the team manager and board for leaving a training camp in Karachi.

In September, recalled from the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa after a bust up with team mate Mohammad Asif [Images].