The Pakistan Cricket Board has called fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar [Images] to attend a disciplinary hearing after he was sent home from the Twenty20 World Cup earlier this month for hitting a team mate.

Akhtar left South Africa after he hit Mohammad Asif [Images] with a bat before the start of the tournament. The bowler has said the blow was unintentional.

"We have issued a notice to Shoaib and asked him to appear before the committee on October 6 to record his statement, Shafqat Naghmi, who heads the board's disciplinary committee, said on Saturday.

The board has given the three-member committee two weeks to complete its hearing into the brawl and submit a report.

Akhtar has said his bat hit Asif accidentally and that all-rounder Shahid Afridi [Images] had provoked the row.

"Besides Shoaib, Asif and Afridi would also be examined on October 6 and we will also question the team manager and some players," Naghmi said.

The controversial Akhtar escaped a fine of $5,000 last month for leaving a training camp in Karachi without informing the team management.

He appealed and the fine was suspended after it was accepted that he had told captain Shoaib Malik [Images] that he intended to leave.

Last year the fast bowler and Asif tested positive for a banned substance in out of competition tests conducted by the board and were sent home from the Champions Trophy in India. 

They were at first banned and then cleared by a drugs inquiry tribunal and appeals panel of the board.

Akhtar has played just one Test and four one-dayers in the last 15-months due to fitness and discipline related problems.