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Chronology of Pak cricket controversies in 2006
Pakistan cricket team underwent a lot of controversies in 2006 including ball tempering and doping.
Pakistan fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif had bans for doping overturned by an appeals committee on Tuesday, the latest in a series of controversies involving the team.
Here is a chronology of events since August's Oval Test fiasco:
August 20, 2006: Pakistan forfeit fourth Test against England at the Oval in row over penalty for ball-tampering imposed by umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove.
August 21: Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq charged with ball-tampering and bringing the game into disrepute by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
August 25: ICC say Hair offered to resign "while under great stress" in return for 500,000 dollars.
Sep 28: Inzamam cleared of ball-tampering but banned for four one-day internationals for bringing cricket into disrepute.
October 5: Younis Khan steps down as stand-in skipper for the Champions Trophy in India. He is replaced by batsman Mohammad Yousuf.
October 6: Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan resigns over captaincy row. His replacement, Nasim Ashraf, reappoints Younis as captain.
October 16: Pakistan say Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif have tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone and recall both from India, a day before the team's first Champions Trophy match.
November 1: Akhtar is banned for two years and Asif for one year by a three-man doping tribunal.
November 5: Appeals committee set up after Akhtar and Asif contest verdict.
December 5: Akhtar and Asif cleared of doping by appeals committee, have bans overturned.
