The Shoaib, Asif question: No one is bigger than the game

Lastly, if the High Court has set aside his period of suspension, he has still to pay a huge fine. Does this mean he is innocent? Again the answer is no. What probably happened was that the Court may have found a few extenuating factors and reduced his punishment from suspension to a hefty fine. If the PCB is assuming that this amounts to a clean chit from the High Court then it is sadly mistaken.

As for Asif, the lesser said the better it is. In a short span of few years, he has ruined his career and brought a bad name to Pakistan. He was given a life line by a strange interpretation of rules as he was new and had no previous track record. Leaving these considerations aside, one has to ask is he physically fit and has he performed well?

Even according to this yardstick he does not deserve a place in the Pakistan eleven.