Controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been left with just 44,971 rupees (US $525) of his 2009 match fees after the Pakistan Cricket Board deducted an unpaid fine of 7 million rupees ($81,400) for comments he made about selectors. Shoaib Akhtar was given the fine and a five-year ban in April 2008 by a PCB tribunal for a disciplinary breach after he criticised Pakistan's selectors.
Three months later, Lahore's High Court suspended Shoaib Akhtar's ban but did not rule on the fine, which was confirmed by a PCB appellate tribunal. Shoaib Akhtar was due to earn 7,044,971 rupees from his central contract fee, match fees and win bonuses for January to November 2009.