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NEWS ICC Champions Trophy 2006>Asif awaiting selectors' call after clean-chit 05th Dec 2006 22.23 IST By Agencies Exonerated of the doping charge, Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif on Tuesday said the verdict had given a fresh lease of life to his career and he was raring to make it to the national team at the earliest. "I have been playing club cricket (to keep myself match fit). It is up to the selectors to decide when they want to call me up. I will start playing domestic cricket as soon as possible," a beaming Asif said in Karachi after an appellate tribunal overturned the one-year ban on the bowler.
But the appeal tribunal overturned the ban and gave him a clean chit, paving the way for his return to international cricket. Asif said he had been spending sleepless nights ever since he was named as one of the dope offender’s along with fellow fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar but did not realise the enormity of the situation until he was banned. "But I didn't give up hope and my mother and the rest of my family were a big source of strength for me. Some Pakistan Board members also helped me a lot." The swing bowler also said he was willing to undergo another test to prove his innocence further. "I have no problems with giving another test because I have never used performance enhancing substances in my life and I still don't know what happened in the Champions Trophy," Asif said. Also View In-Depth Coverage: ICC Champions Trophy 2006 Team Page: Pakistan Team Page: West Indies | LIVE CRICKET COVERAGE NEWS ~ Gilchrist has no plans to retire after World Cup ~ Ganguly's new batting approach may cost him sixer record ~ India 'squash the Orange' in World Cup warm-up game ~ Symonds gets a new hairdo for World Cup ~ Dhoni readies himself for stand-up act at World Cup (more in NEWS) FACE-TO-FACE ~ 500-mark a possibility in World Cup: Hayden ~ Minnows add charm to World Cup: Dravid (more in FACE-TO-FACE) COLUMNS ~ Will Sri Lanka replicate 1996 World Cup success? (more in COLUMNS) OFF-THE-FIELD ~ Ganguly again the darling of corporate world ~ Ganguly roped in as brand ambassador of Puma (more in OFF-THE-FIELD) PLAYERS Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Anil Kumble (more PLAYERS) TEAMS India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, Zimbabwe, England, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Kenya, Holland | 
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