{"id":9739,"date":"2009-07-23T13:01:24","date_gmt":"2009-07-23T13:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/07\/23\/asif-included-in-pakistans-trophy-squad\/"},"modified":"2009-07-23T13:01:24","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T13:01:24","slug":"asif-included-in-pakistans-trophy-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2009\/07\/23\/asif-included-in-pakistans-trophy-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Asif included in Pakistan’s Trophy squad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Drug shamed bowler looks for return<\/h3>\n
\"\"FAST bowler Mohammad Asif has been named by Pakistan’s selectors in a list of 30 probables for the Champions Trophy in South Africa.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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Asif, currently serving a ban for a failed drugs test during the Indian Premier League last year, last played a one-day international in April 2008.<\/div>\n

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Asif will complete the ban handed out by the IPL and endorsed by the Pakistan Cricket Board on September 22, the opening day of the Champions Trophy.<\/div>\n

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The PCB said it had secured permission from the International Cricket Council to include Asif\u2019s name in the preliminary list.<\/div>\n

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The bowler described his recall to international cricket as a \u201crebirth\u201d adding he is keen to get back into the game. <\/div>\n

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“You can say that it’s a sort of rebirth for me,” Asif told AFP. “I was performing well but then suddenly my career derailed and it was tough to get over those difficult days.” <\/div>\n

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“Maybe these events happened so that I could learn my lesson,” the bowler added. “I would like to forget what happened to me over the last two years. I have learnt my lessons and will definitely do my best to avoid anything like this in the future. <\/div>\n

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\u201cSouth Africa is my favourite place and I did well when we went there to play a Test series in 2007, so this time around, again I want to help my team win the Trophy.” <\/div>\n

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Asif\u2019s former fast bowling partner Shoaib Akhtar, has been overlooked by the interim selection panel headed by PCB\u2019s human resources director Wasim Bari.<\/div>\n

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Akhtar was dropped from Pakistan\u2019s World Twenty20 squad last month because of a skin condition. He was overlooked because of fitness concerns.<\/div>\n

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Wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed, left-arm fast medium bowler Wahab Riaz and opener Mohammad Hafeez have also earned recalls, while selectors have included 23-year-old uncapped left-hand Karachi batsman Shehryar Ghani.<\/div>\n

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