Malik moved the Supreme Court after his appeal was rejected in all the lower courts of the country. His petition is now being heard by a bench headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan.

The Supreme Court had said Friday that it would examine all important documents before giving a ruling on the punishment to the batsman by the PCB.

"The Chief Justice appears keen to reach a conclusion on the appeal. At the first hearing on Thursday he made it clear he wanted to know under which laws the board or the International Cricket Council (ICC) was Malik banned and also talked about the evidences to support the ban," a PCB source said.

The Chief Justice also noted that Malik had made a big contribution to Pakistan cricket and that the court wanted to know the reasons and laws under which the player had been banned.

"The full bench said they wanted to examine the evidence and circumstances and the laws justifying the ban on Malik," the source said.

Unfortunately, Malik had hired a weak lawyer to represent him in the case, the source added.

Malik played in 103 Tests before being banned in 2000.