Asif asks for B sample to be tested
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
Mohammad Asif will ask for his sample B to be examined after being identified as the player who tested positive for a banned substance during the Indian Premier League, his lawyer Shahid Karim said, reports Cricinfo.
"We will fight the case because we believe that our client has not taken any drug so we will go for the B sample test and do whatever is required to clear Asif's name," Karim told AFP.
It is possible Asif could be let off on a technicality because World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) regulations dictate that the player's name should not be publicly disclosed until his 'B' sample is also analysed. Danish Zaheer, a medical expert, who was part of the tribunal that overturned Shoaib Akhtar and Asif's drug-related ban in 2006, criticised the IPL for violating the WADA regulations. "The IPL should not have made a public disclosure until Mohammad Asif's 'B' urine sample was checked in the presence of Asif or his legal and medical representative," said Zaheer.
The World Anti-Doping Code Article 7.2 gives the player the right to ask for his 'B' sample to be analysed while Article 14.2 says the player's name can be publicly disclosed "no earlier than the completion of the administrative review described in Articles 7.1 and 7.2".
"We will fight the case because we believe that our client has not taken any drug so we will go for the B sample test and do whatever is required to clear Asif's name," Karim told AFP.
It is possible Asif could be let off on a technicality because World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) regulations dictate that the player's name should not be publicly disclosed until his 'B' sample is also analysed. Danish Zaheer, a medical expert, who was part of the tribunal that overturned Shoaib Akhtar and Asif's drug-related ban in 2006, criticised the IPL for violating the WADA regulations. "The IPL should not have made a public disclosure until Mohammad Asif's 'B' urine sample was checked in the presence of Asif or his legal and medical representative," said Zaheer.
The World Anti-Doping Code Article 7.2 gives the player the right to ask for his 'B' sample to be analysed while Article 14.2 says the player's name can be publicly disclosed "no earlier than the completion of the administrative review described in Articles 7.1 and 7.2".