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Asif's B sample tests positive
Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif's B sample has tested positive for a banned substance, his lawyer Shahid Karim said on Tuesday.
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- Published: 21:58 August 19, 2008
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- Mohammad Asif faces a two year ban after testing positve for a banned substance.
Karachi: Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif's B sample has tested positive for a banned substance, his lawyer Shahid Karim said on Tuesday.
Asif, who failed a drugs test in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament in May, will appeal against the findings, said Karim.
"We are definitely going to appeal because the test results of the same samples are different," Karim said.
He added the B sample test conducted in Switzerland on Monday had approximately 5.4 milligrams of nandrolone traces in the urine sample while the first test had shown 6.2.
Asif, who denies ever taking any banned substances, was confident of winning his case on appeal.
"I am not disheartened. The different results show something is wrong somewhere. We will be filing an appeal with the drugs inquiry tribunal of the Indian Premier League and we will fight this case to the end," he said.
"I used some medicines, which were prescribed to me for my elbow injury before going to the IPL. But I have not used any banned substances or drugs ever.
Asif, who has played 11 tests for his country, has already been suspended from playing any cricket or taking part in any cricket activities by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Dubai detention
He faces more PCB disciplinary action after a fact-finding committee completed its investigations into the reasons for his 19-days detention in Dubai in June while returning from India.
The Dubai authorities had detained Asif after finding a small quantity of an illegal drug on him.
Asif had also tested positive for nandrolone in 2006 before the Champions Trophy but, after being banned by a drugs inquiry tribunal, he was cleared by a PCB appeals tribunal.
Asif faces more disciplinary action after he was detained but not charged by Dubai authorities for having an illegal drug on him.
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