Injury-prone fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been advised by Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson to play only one-day internationals so he can prolong his career.
Shoaib, 32, has played just four tests and a handful of one-dayers since February 2006 because of fitness and disciplinary issues. In 46 tests he has taken 178 wickets and 219 wickets in 138 one-dayers.
"I have spoken to Shoaib about it. Players nowadays are specializing in some form of the game in latter stages of their career," Lawson told reporters on Tuesday.
"I have said maybe he would better just playing ODIs because of his reliability factor for test match cricket."
Last month Shoaib was dropped from the central contracts list by the Pakistan Cricket Board because of concerns over his match fitness.
