Shoaib Akhtar’s controversial career may finally be over.

Sources have told CNN-IBN that the PCB is considering a life ban on the fast bowler after he was sent back home from South Africa for hitting fellow seamer Mohammad Asif.

Shoaib has already been banned for five One-Day Internationals matches and four points have been docked from his central contract.

Sources also said that the PCB was already upset with Shoaib over his threat to join the ICL.

But the latest incident now once again leaves a big question mark hanging over his future in the game.

“The batsmen certainly have to have their way of going about the game and you’ve still got to look at the opposition bowlers, figure out your best plan. So, it’s a microcosm of the big game but it is entertainment and bowlers just have to learn not to get frustrated by it,” Pakistan coach, Geoff Lawson had said some days ago.