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In all the controversy concerning Mohammed Asif – this latest report is probably his last ditch effort to save his skin specially after IPL announced on Monday that Asif had tested positive for a banned substance, following which the Pakistan Cricket Board suspended him. It’s embarrassing as it is but I truly I wish him and his lawyer luck in hoping to find out a safe exit, can we safely say innocent until proven guilty or was the Sample A, enough of evidence to indict him out of cricket

Reported in Cricinfo: Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has asked for his B sample test, which had been scheduled for July 28, to be postponed. His lawyer, Shahid Karim, wants more time to prepare for the case and make travel arrangements.

“From the IPL we certainly want the documents that relate to the procedures they adopted for the ‘A’ sample test and we are entitled to have them,” Karim told PTI. “We also want certain documents from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that might be relevant to the case.”

ICC anti-doping regulations provide players and/or their representative the right to be present when the B sample is opened and analysed. That means Asif and his lawyer will have to travel to Switzerland, where the testing will be done in a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratory. “We will not be able to make all the travel arrangements to Switzerland by July 28,” Karim told Cricinfo. “The visas have to be processed and documents have to be obtained.”

This article at Cricket Bloggers of Pakistan has been composed by Teeth Maestro.

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