Shoaib has appealed against the ban and fine imposed on him in the High Court which did not hold any hearings since he was busy playing for Pakistan.

After the ban was suspended by the court, the national selectors picked the fast bowler in the team for a Twenty20 four nation tournament in Toronto and more recently the one-day series against the West Indies in Abu Dhabi. However, he didn't play in the one-day series due to a calf injury.

The experienced paceman has a troubled history of brushes with the establishment and indiscipline and was initially banned for five years by the Board's disciplinary committee in March for several violations of discipline.

But the appellate tribunal reduced the ban to 18 months and imposed the fine instead which Shoaib has not paid as yet.

Last year also the PCB had banned him for 13 matches and put him on a two-year probation after he struck teammate Mohammad Asif with a bat in South Africa before the Twenty20 World Cup. Shoaib returned to the Pakistan team in October after a 10-month layoff due to disciplinary and fitness issues.