Disgraced Pakistan bowler Mohammad Asif expressed his confidence to make his international comeback when his country’s side travels to Australia at the end of this year.
Asif, whose ban from spot-fixing expired at the end of Pakistan's domestic cricket season last year, made his List-A return in the National One-Day Cup , where he bagged a total of seven wickets in as many games at the strike rate of 43.
According to local media report, “Hopefully I will do well in Pakistan and get selected for the national team for the upcoming tours of New Zealand and Australia,” Asif said. “I am 100 per cent sure that I will play again.”
However, Asif was suspended along with then Test Captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Amir for their part in a spot-fixing scandal, after Pakistan deliberately bowled no balls at Lord's. He was found guilty by the ICC in February 2011 and sentenced to prison, where he served six months of a year-long sentence.
In his career, the right-armer was punished twice for testing positive for steroids, imprisoned once in Dubai, UAE for travelling with a recreational drug, and banned for five years for deliberately bowling no-balls in exchange for £65,000 at Lord's cricket ground in 2010. He was later handed a one-year prison sentence as well for the last offence.
Asif has represented his country in 23 Tests, 38 ODIs and 11 T20s. He made his Test debut against Australia and ODI debut against England in 2005.
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