Troubled Pakistani fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif have been included in their country's 30-man preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy.
Pakistan's dope-tainted fast bowler Mohammad Asif was stopped by immigration officials at Delhi airport on Saturday night for not carrying complete travel documents and is being deported to his country.
Fast bowler Mohammad Asif was detained at Dubai airport this year for possessing opium, the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) three-man inquiry committee said on Tuesday. The PCB's former chief operating officer added the player was eventually deported without charge because the quantity of opium, the raw ingredient of heroin, was small.
The Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Switzerland will hear the appeals of suspended Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif against the International Cricket Council's (ICC) bans for spot-fixing next February.
Banned Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir has accused former captain Salman Butt and agent Mazhar Majeed of tricking him into bowling deliberate no-balls in the 2010 Lord's Test against England.
Pakistan's Mohammad Asif, who is suspended for a doping offence, broke down in tears on national television and apologised to the nation for his unreasonable behaviour.
The International Cricket Council has withdrawn the names of suspended Pakistan fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir from next month's ICC awards in India.
Disgraced Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif is anguished and disappointed that some former cricketers are against the idea of letting players banned for spot-fixing return to the game after being reformed and rehabilitated.
Pakistan's shamed pacer Mohammad Asif, who served a jail sentence after being found guilty of spot-fixing, has dismissed speculation that he intended to apply for political asylum in the United Kingdom.
The Pakistan pace bowlers have returned negative results for last week's out-of-competition drugs tests.
Forensic tests proved Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif was carrying a small amount of hashish and the authorities may not refer the case to court.
Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif's detention in Dubai was result of a misunderstanding and charges of possessing contraband drugs against the pacer has been dropped, according to Pakistan Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Ahsan Ullah Khan. Khan claimed a misunderstanding led to Asif's detention in Dubai airport on Sunday on his way home from Mumbai after the pacer participated in the Indian Premier League.
Still insisting that he had not taken any banned substance intentionally, Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif on Wednesday said he would appeal against the one-year ban imposed on him by the Indian Premier League (IPL). Asif, who was handed the ban for his dope flunk in the inaugural IPL last year, said he has started consultations with his legal advisor to challenge the decision.
Jailed Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif's lawyers are set to appeal against his conviction in the spot-fixing scandal and if successful, it could lead to his release from prison.
Suspended from the national team, embattled Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif is keeping himself busy training with the Pakistani 'rebels' of the Indian Cricket League as they prepare for the new season that gets underway next month.
Mohammad Asif claimed a career-best 6 for 41 and Mohd Sami 3 for 27 as Australia were shot out for a paltry 127 on Day 1 of the second Test against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.
Pakistan's pace duo Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer ripped through the New Zealand batting line-up to reduce them to 147 for eight in their second innings of day four of the first Test, in Dunedin, on Friday.
Banned Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif will be released from prison on May 5 after completing his jail term in the United Kingdom. Asif will decide when he plans to return to Pakistan after being released from prison, said his lawyer Ravi Gill.
Disgraced Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif has expressed hope the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will turn over the ban he received following his involvement in the spot fixing scandal that shook the world of cricket.
At tea South Africa were 277 for six, a lead of 136. Pakistan were dismissed for 265 in reply to South Africa's first innings of 124.
The players have been asked to submit in writing their reports at the Pakistan Cricket Board-appointed drug tribunal's next meeting.
The Pakistani pace bowler was recalled to the squad for this month's one-day series against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi.
The Pakistan pace bowler claimed his first 10-wicket haul as Sri Lanka collapsed to 73 for 8 in their second innings on day 2 of the second Test.
The Pakistan team management is seriously considering playing dope-tainted pacer Mohammad Asif in the crucial Champions Trophy tie against India on Saturday in Centurion, South Africa.
Shoaib Akhtar's personal doctor has indicated he too plans to appeal.
Beleaguered Pakistan speedster Mohammad Asif's misery continue to grow. His 'B' sample has tested positive for a banned substance. It had approximately 5.4 milligrams of nandrolone traces in his urine sample. Asif's lawyer Shahid Karim confirmed on Tuesday that the pacer did test positive for a second time and added that he will appeal against the verdict.
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has joined Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir in filing an appeal against his ban with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland.
The lawyer for suspended Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has asked for his appeal against a positive doping test to be set for the earliest possible date.
Pakistan captain Younis Khan compared Mohammad Asif's bowling with Australian seamer Glenn McGrath.
The drugs inquiry tribunal looking into Pakistan paceman Mohammad Asif's positive dope tests will hold its next hearing in London on January 24. Asif, who has played 11 Tests, failed a dope test during the Indian Premier League in June and his 'B' sample in August was also positive.
Pakistan fast bowler Muhammad Asif has filed an appeal against his five-year ban by the ICC with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland.
Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday made it clear that it would not support embattled paceman Mohammad Asif, who has again been caught in a doping scandal and faces a possible two-year ban.
Former Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif lost their appeals against bans for spot-fixing in the Lord's Test against England in 2010.
Reader Karen Osborn sent us pictures of Akhtar and Asif from South Africa.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday paved the way for Mohammad Asif's return to the national team for the Champions Trophy later this year after fining the controversial fast bowler Rs 1 million for his involvement in a drug case in Dubai.
Mohammad Asif took four wickets as England slumped from 54 for 1 to 173 all out after being put in by Pakistan in he fourth Test.
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif returned home on Friday after spending 19 days in detention in Dubai over a drug-related incident. Asif arrived in Karachi from Dubai and without coming out of the terminal caught a connecting flight to Lahore where the Pakistan Cricket Board headquarters are located.
The Indian Premier League on Monday rejected the Pakistan Cricket Board's request to advance the commencement date of the one-year ban on pacer Mohammad Asif, who returned a positive dope test, from September 23 to July 15, 2008.
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif, one of the three cricketers at the centre of the spot-fixing scandal, is mulling over making a claim for political asylum in Britain to avoid going back to his country, where fans are said to have acutely reacted to the allegations.
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