Asif comes clean in ICC's dope test
LAHORE - Dope tainted Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif came clear of the dope test conducted by the ICC during the Champions Trophy. The ICC called Asif for the dope test after the bowler served his one-year ban for the use of nandrolone during the IPL-I and his test conducted by the ICC on Monday last was negative. Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed said on phone that Asif’s dope test, which was conducted in South Africa on September 25 (a day before the Pakistan and India match) has returned negative. The Pakistan team, after receiving the report of his test, decided to include the bowler in the team in its last league match against Australia. The ICC had conducted a surprise dope test on Asif during the practice session on September 25 when reports were circulating that he would be selected for the match against India but the team management thought otherwise and went into the match with the same winning eleven. Asif has been involved in a number of drug related controversies, the latest of which was the his detention in Dubai where he was found with a banned substance. He had also tested positive for nandroline in the PCB-conducted internal tests ahead ofg ICC Champions Trophy 2006. The PCB, under its chairman Dr Nasim Ashraf, had withdrawn Asif and Shoaib Akhtar, from the squad. However, the test report comes as a good news as Pakistan
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