‘Concerned’ PCB to send Asif to South Africa via London, not Dubai

September 29th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Pakistan all rounders Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik underwent regular dope tests here. This was the second such test conducted on Malik in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy, The News reports.

September 25th, 2009 LAHORE - Disgraced Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif underwent a dope test during a practice session in Johannesburg ahead of Pakistan's encounter with India in the ICC Champions Trophy. "Asif has been taken for a dope test by the ICC.

September 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Tainted Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif is set to return to international cricket on Wednesday in the Champions Trophy match against the West Indies. The Pakistani team is yet to announce the final eleven for the match, but chances are that Asif, whose doping ban expired on Tuesday, would feature in the game.

September 12th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistans comeback pacer Mohammad Asif has been asked by the cricket board to attend the training camp involving the countrys under-19 cricketers to prepare for the Champions Trophy that begins in South Africa Sep 22. According to sources, Asif has been told to regain his rhythm by bowling extensively during the under-19 camp.

August 31st, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has directed tainted fast bowler Mohammad Asif to keep away from the media till his 12-month ban expires on September 22. According to sources, PCB Director Cricket Operations, Zakir Khan, has asked Asif to avoid the media till his ban ends.

August 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Tainted Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif has vowed not to repeat his past mistakes which saw him being banned from international cricket for a year. In an interview with PakPassion.net, Asif expressed happiness over his selection in the 15 member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy and said he would justify the selectors' decision through his performance.

July 23rd, 2009 LAHORE - Expressing happiness over him being included in the initial list of 30 probables for the Champions Trophy, banned Pakistani left-arm fast bowler Mohammad Asif has said the call is like a "rebirth" for him. "You can say that it's a sort of rebirth for me.

July 10th, 2009 LAHORE - Controversial Pakistan fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif would be considered for selection for the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled to be held in September-October in South Africa, interim chief selector Wasim Bari has said. "Asif's ban will expire on September 22, two days before the Trophy starts, so he will be considered for the squad, and Akhtar will also be considered once he proves his fitness," The Daily Times quoted Bari, as saying.

July 10th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan's banned Test pacer Mohammad Asif is eyeing a second successful comeback to international cricket this September after completing his one-year doping ban. Asif said in an interview Friday that he is currently training extensively at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore and will make a forceful return in the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa, provided national selectors decide to give him a chance to play in the tournament.

July 4th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan is seriously considering recalling Mohammad Asif in the 30-member preliminary squad for this Septembers ICC Champions Trophy after the International Cricket Council (ICC) said it would not raise any objection against the pacers inclusion once he completes his doping ban. An ICC spokesman has said that once Asif completes his one-year ban on Sep 22 this year, he will be eligible to take part in any international event including the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in South Africa.

July 2nd, 2009 KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a fine of Rs.1 million on bowler Mohammad Asif over his Dubai misadventure. A three-man probe committee set up by the PCB decided Thursday to impose the fine on Asif, who was detained in Dubai for 19 days for alleged possession of drugs at the Dubai airport last summer.

July 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistani cricket authorities on Thursday fined Mohammad Asif one million rupees (12,500 dollars) over the fast bowler's 19-day detention at Dubai airport for alleged drug possession. Asif, 26, was detained last June on his way back home after playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

June 4th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) committee which is probing tainted fast bowler Mohammad Asif's Dubai detention case, has recommended a hefty fine of two million rupees on the bowler. According to the sources, the committee has informed the PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt that Asif had failed to provide proof regarding his 19 day detention in Dubai last year.

May 31st, 2009 KARACHI - Tainted Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif may be slapped a hefty fine of upto two million rupees for his 19 day Dubai detention last year. According to the sources privy to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the committee which is probing Asif's Dubai detention case has recommended that he should be fined two million rupees for his misadventure.

May 30th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan's dope-tainted pacer Mohammad Asif is expected to be slapped with a hefty fine for his Dubai misadventure last summer. Sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) told IANS Saturday that the probe committee appointed to investigate into Asif's 19-day detention in Dubai last June for possession of a banned substance has recommended action against the player.