RAWALPINDI – An appeals tribunal appointed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has exonerated fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif of doping offences and lifted their long-term bans.
Akhtar had been banned for two years and Asif for one year in early November after testing positive for the banned steroid nandrolone. The Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Fakhruddin G Ebrahim announcing the decision in Karachi said that now it was up to the Pakistan Cricket Board to decide if they could play in the ongoing one-day series against the West Indies.Akhtar and Asif were recalled from the Champions Trophy in India in October after they tested positive in out-of-competition tests conducted by the PCB.Nampa-ReutersThe Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Fakhruddin G Ebrahim announcing the decision in Karachi said that now it was up to the Pakistan Cricket Board to decide if they could play in the ongoing one-day series against the West Indies.Akhtar and Asif were recalled from the Champions Trophy in India in October after they tested positive in out-of-competition tests conducted by the PCB.Nampa-Reuters
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