KARACHI, Jan 24: The Lahore High Court in Pakistan has served a notice on Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over a life ban against former Pakistan captain Salim Malik, court sources said Thursday.

“The PCB is directed to send its representative to the court on March 13 and explain the life ban on Malik imposed in May 2000,” Malik’s lawyer Raja Ghazanfar Akhtar told SADA.

Salim, 37, was banned for life from all international and domestic cricket, and from holding any office after Justice Malik Mohammad Qayyum conducted an inquiry into match-fixing.

“Salim has also been granted permission to play domestic cricket and in this regard I am thankful to PCB Chairman Lieutenant General Tauqir Zia,” Akhtar said.

Salim’s name was first mentioned in the match-fixing controversy when Australian players Shane Warne, Mark Waugh and Tim May alleged that Malik offered them bribe to under-perform during Australia’s tour of Pakistan in 1995.

He filed an appeal against the life ban in the district and sessions court and got stay against the life ban before moving the Lahore High Court. —SADA