Asif's lawyer upset over doping hearing delays

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KARACHI, Sept 20 (Reuters): The lawyer for suspended Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has asked for his appeal against a positive doping test to be set for the earliest possible date.
Asif tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone during a domestic Twenty20 competition in India and was immediately suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board when the positive test was announced in July. He denied taking any banned substances.
His 'B' sample also tested positive.
Asif's lawyer Shahid Karim said last month when the results for the 'B' sample were announced they would appeal, though admitted Saturday he was frustrated in the delay in getting a hearing.
"This long delay in giving a date is strange," Karim said. "Because initially they were pushing for a quick hearing. Now they are saying 'wait we will get back (to you)'."
Karim said he had been given an initial date of Aug. 30 for the appeal, though he had asked for a delay until Sept. 15 to prepare.
That date had since passed and he had yet to receive notification of another possible hearing date.
"We had asked them to keep Sept. 15 as a new date for hearing now they say 'we will let you know when it is possible'," Karim added.