The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday fined runaway wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider $5,800 and put him on a year's probation for abandoning the team last November over alleged death threats.
“I accept I made a mistake,” Haider told reporters after the verdict.
“But I did what I thought to be correct at that time. With the passage of time I realised my mistake and will not do the same thing again.”
Haider hoped to stage a comeback. “It is up to the PCB and the selection committee to select me, but I will do my best to regain my place in the team,” said Haider, who made his Test debut on last year's tour of England which was marred by a spot-fixing scandal.