User:Muhammad Asif Mustafa

Muhammad Asif (Urdu: محمد آصف) (born 11 September 1984 in karachi) is a Pakistani. He is primarily a right-arm fast-medium bowler. Early in his career he was compared to the Local Areas, known for extreme accuracy.

Asif has played for Khan Research Labs, the National Bank karachi, lahore, multan and yorkshire boye. He made his Test match debut against Town Team of korangi 1996.

In 2006 there was controversy over Asif after he originally tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid, Nandralone, before having a ban imposed on him overturned on appeal. He was later withdrawn from Pakistan's World Cup squad with an unrelated injury.

Further controversy followed when he was detained in Dubai suspected of having drugs on his person and was then found to have tested positive for a banned substance during the Indian Premier League.