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[RicePlateReddy]

Mohammad Asif -

1. Oct 16th 2006: "Asif was suspended by the PCB along with team mate Shoaib Akhtar, and was pulled from the Champions Trophy after the pair failed drug tests for the performance-enhancing substance Nandrolone." [March 1st 2007: "Akhtar and Asif were ruled out of the Pakistani squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup by team officials, minutes before the squad was to depart for the West Indies. .... However, Pakistani officials told cricket sources off the record that the team management had feared that they would fail the doping tests as it was likely traces of Nandrolone were still present in their system.]

2. June 1st 2008: Asif was detained at Dubai International Airport on suspicion of possessing illegal drugs. The charges against Asif were dropped by the Dubai public prosecutor due to "insignificance." The prosecutor, Mohammad Al Nuaimi, was quoted as saying, "It is definite that he committed the crime as he was caught red-handed ... however in certain cases and for a faster litigation process the Public Prosecution drops a case due to insignificance and deports the suspect."He was banned from entering UAE ever again.

3. "In August 2010, the English Sunday newspaper News of the World published allegations that Asif and fellow bowler Mohammad Amir had deliberately bowled no-balls during Pakistan's 2010 tour of England in return for payment from a betting syndicate, a practice known as spot-fixing."

(all quotes from wikipedia)

.... Mohammad Asif will have an exceptionally fine career as a Pakistani umpire.

[WicketView]

Have you considered the fact that the Dubai airport drugs may have been leftovers in his pocket after completing his smuggling (He can' be addicted surely), which he had smuggled to get his village the electricity cables. Some spot fixing brought him the dough for the generator. But he is a patriot, so he can fix spots but will not throw matches. Therefore he had to use the performance enhancing drugs to still win games. How will you understand all this? ... you don't even have power outages where you live. So three hits may be out, but not on fouls.

[Blwe_torch]

Mohd Asif also allegedly bribed an official during the IPL...........in order to clear the dope test.

[RicePlateReddy]

I thought I read Imran Khan initially demand life bans. He has changed his tune to now advocate monetary fines and not life bans. I think he also threw in a side-swipe at India asking if a person is banned from playing because of shop lifting (the trumped up charge against Sudhir Nayak in the 70s comes to mind). Loser + Cheat.

[WicketView]

I thought I read Imran Khan initially demand life bans.

Yes. He only said that one should wait till the investigation was over ... that was reasonable, though the evidence seems overwhelming.

He has changed his tune to now advocate monetary fines and not life bans. I think he also threw in a side-swipe at India asking if a person is banned from playing because of shop lifting (the trumped up charge against Sudhir Nayak in the 70s comes to mind). Loser + Cheat.

Why do you call it "trumped up"? Is it not true that he had walked out with stuff?
(Which has nothing to do with the ridiculousness of the remark)

With the way things are going, I am beginning to think Speed's remark was right ...at least as possible punishment if they want to let these guys go scott free.

 

[RicePlateReddy]

He has changed his tune to now advocate monetary fines and not life bans. I think he also threw in a side-swipe at India asking if a person is banned from playing because of shop lifting (the trumped up charge against Sudhir Nayak in the 70s comes to mind). Loser + Cheat.

Why do you call it "trumped up"? Is it not true that he had walked out with stuff?
(Which has nothing to do with the ridiculousness of the remark)

http://www.cricketvoice.com/cricketforum2/index.php/topic,21317.msg282714.html#msg282714

It is pathetic that Kapil Dev has to call scum bag Imran Khan honest and suggest that he would be the savior of Pakistani cricket. His overt support for the crook Azharuddin and now this plug for a lesser crook. I think Kapil needs to be made to cry by Manoj Prabhakar again. How quickly we forget Imran's "I don't remember" moment when asked point blank by Sanjay Manjrekar about the ridiculous Sarfraz wides episode to prevent India from winning an ODI. What about all the bottle cap secrets?