The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday issued notice to Umar Akmal for breaching the code of conduct after the middle-order batsman accused head coach Micky Arthur of verbally abusing him in front of chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq and other senior players.
The board gave him seven days to file his reply.
Akmal had on Wednesday accused Arthur of verbally abusing him when the 27-year-old wanted to use the facilities at the National Cricket Academy.
Refuting Akmal's claims, Arthur said he didn't stop Akmal from using NCA but only stopped him from using services of coaching staff as he was no more a contracted player.
Akmal was dropped from the Pakistan squad for the Champions Trophy in Birmingham in May this year, after failing two consecutive fitness tests in two months.
This is not the first time when Akmal found himself in the middle of a controversy. Being nabbed from a party, getting detained for using an illegal fancy number plate on his car and breaking the speed limit while driving -- the cricketer has been controversy's favourite child for a long while.
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