Pakistan cricketer to receive new appeal date

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif is to receive a fresh date for his appeal against a positive drug test for the banned substance nandronlone.



Asif’s lawyer Shahid Karim said the date will be sometime this month.



Asif faces a ban of up to two years, after the B sample of a drug test taken on May 30 tested positive at the World Anti-Doping Agency\'s laboratory in Switzerland.



Karim is optimistic of clearing Asif after a discrepancy was spotted between the two readings of the urine samples.



The B sample\'s recorded 5.4 milligrams of the steroid nandrolone, compared to 6.2 milligrams found in the A sample of the test taken while the player was contesting the Indian Premier League (IPL), 20/20 tournament for the Delhi Daredevils.



Asif was due to appear before the appellate tribunal of the IPL on August 30, but the date was pushed back.