TIMELINE-Shoaib Akhtar's disciplinary violations

(Reuters) - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday banned fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for five years for repeated disciplinary violations.

Below is a chronology of disciplinary action taken against him.

September 1997: Dropped from Pakistan one-day squad for a series in Toronto on the basis of tour manager's report of an earlier visit to England by the A team

December 1999: Banned for illegal bowling action

February 2000: Banned for a test and fined 50,000 rupees ($1,800) after breaching players' code of conduct on tour of Australia

January 2001: Banned for illegal bowling action for a second time

November 2002: Fined 50 percent of match fee, banned for one one-day international for throwing a bottle into crowd during a test in Zimbabwe

December 2002: Suspended one-test ban for ball tampering

May 2003: Banned for two ODIs and fined 75 percent of match fee for ball tampering during a tri-series match in Sri Lanka