Pakistan right-arm pacer Mohammad Asif, who was convicted in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal, has persisted that seeing his fellow Mohammad Amir play for the national side motivates him to make a return to the international cricket.
On February 5, 2011 an anti corruption squad of International Cricket Council (ICC) bans Muhammad Asif along with Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt for spot fixing during the lord test against England in 2010.
That ban expired last year, meanwhile Mohammad Asif is playing Afghanistan’s biggest annual domestic T20 tournament ‘Alokozay Cola-Shpageeza Cricket League’ 2016, as he continues to rebuild his career following a five-year spot-fixing ban.
"I aim to impress the selectors in the upcoming domestic matches," said the talented right-arm pace man. Describing Amir as the 'best bowler' in the series against England, Asif believes that the 24-year-old could have grabbed many more wickets had his catches been taken. "For me Amir was the best bowler in the series against England. He would have taken more wickets had his catches been taken," Asif told Dawn News from Kabul on Tuesday.
With 106 wickets from 23 Tests, Asif was ranked the second best bowler in the world before his five-year ban for bowling deliberate no-balls for cash. Amir, and Asif, shared 31 England wickets in the 2010 Test series before they were caught spot-fixing at Lord's, lead to bans and jail terms.
The 33-year-old right-arm pacer also asserted that Afghanistan's board had asked him to coach their young fast bowlers, but his primarily focus remains making an international return. He said, "Afghanistan's board wants me to coach their young fast bowlers in near future, but I am yet to decide about the offer. My entire focus is to secure a place in Pakistan team at the moment”.
Now he hopes to be back in contention for Pakistan's tours of New Zealand and Australia from November.
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