Chronology of Pakistan cricket controversies in 2006

 KARACHI: Pakistan fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif had their 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.       
 
 September 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.