Shoaib Akhtar and Mohd Asif who had been sent home from India after their urine tests turned up positive have now been banned from cricket. Shoaib Akhtar will be on the sidelines for two years, while Mohd Asif has been banned for one year by the Pakistan Doping Tribunal.
Personally I feel that this decision is more to please the ICC & the cricketing world to set an example, but I think its been deliberately made to allow potential for appeal and then a generous re-evaluation. The re-evaluation will most likely be reduced by a little more then half, especially to make room to accommodate Mohd Asif in the World Cup squad. Any ban for Shoaib Akhtar is generally understood to be career ending so I suspect the PCB will use him as a Guinea pig and squeeze Asif into the team in March.
But I could be wrong…. What’s your take on the issue
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15 responses to “Shoaib & Asif Banned”
oh well i guess arrogant people always fall when they are at their peak.
Asif is not arrogant. I do agree with his statment that he had no idea about such tests[ Well shouldn’t we shoot PCB officials for such illetracy demonstrated by an Int’l player?]
I am not concerned with Shoaib, hell with him. I am more sad that I wouldnt be able to watch Asif in WC07. So sad, no charm in Pakistani pace attack anymore. Hope I would be doing something good in round matches of Pakistan.
i am not a fan of cricket. i was refering to shoaib. (funny how we both have the same name hehe)
Of course that hurts as a Pakistan Cricket team supporter… but at the other hand they doped, right?!
Truelife, yes do but Warne was involved in sex scandals and he was not banned from domestic cricket neither ACB ceased any kind of funding[that other thing shane has more stable than ASif].
and what do peopel say about Justice Qayum case. Shoudnt pCB reopen the file against akram and Co?
the reason why planners are banned for taking performance enhancing drugs is that it helps them “perform” better and gives them an edge over others. that is considered cheating because its not their effort. sex scandals can not be considered as a precedent to banning someone. its true that the player’s name gets tainted but then a player doesnt get banned for what he did with some other person. there may be exceptions if the person did not have the consent of the other (rape). so in this case drugs arent good.
They doped and they should be banned. Thats the end of that.
I hope the PCB does not reduce their sentence in any way. The WADA clearly states that knowingly or not, if a banned substance is found, it is the responsibility of the player. Asif has already been given a lighter sentence. I am a proud Pakistani team supporter and would love. But the fact that they cheated….is not something I can swallow easily.
They got what they deserved. The appeal will be turned down. No one can refute the scientific proof that was presented in the test.
And Mr. Siddiqi, what does Shane Warne and his sex scandal have anything to do with cricket? That more of a public tabloid scandal. He didn’t penalized by the ACB, because they have nothing to do with how he acts in his bedroom.
Omar Haq wrote: … Asif has already been given a lighter sentence. I am a proud Pakistani team supporter and would love. But the fact that they cheated.is not something I can swallow easily.
They got what they deserved. The appeal will be turned down. No one can refute the scientific proof that was presented in the test.
They would be cheaters if they had intentionally taken the drugs. But both players say that they didn't. Nobody is trying to refute the scientific proof. They refused the B sample tests, right? So it is not about scientific proofs. It is about their intentions.
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Shoaib Shame For You And Don,t Do These Selfish Acticities
well, shoaib is an extremely hot player. akhtar should not stop playing.. h es one of our biggest assets.. and its much exaggerrated that all the allegations put on him and all.. he aint tht bad after all.. how’d we know what other players do, what match fixing they do ,a nd what other unneccesary activities they re up to ..
i would like to see the scandles with girls of mr.muhmmad asif pakistani bowler