Cricket: Asif's ban appeal.CRICKET: Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif has formally submitted his appeal to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) against his one-year ban for a positive drugs test. Asif's lawyer has filed the appeal, after both his client and veteran fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar received bans for nandrolone nandrolone /nan·dro·lone/ (nan´dro-lon) an anabolic steroid with lesser androgenic effects; used as n. decanoate and n. use last week. Both Asif and Shoaib had been found guilty of doping offences in Lahore after Pakistan carried out independent drugs tests on 19 of their players in the build-up to the ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce Champions Trophy. The ban was imposed by a three-member panel comprising barrister Shahid Hamid, former Pakistan captain Intikhab Alam and medical expert Waqar Ahmed. |
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