Asif was banned along with Salman Butt, the then Pakistan captain, and Mohammad Amir. The pacers bowled deliberate no balls against England in a Test at the Lord's Cricket Ground in the 2010 series after which, the International Cricket Council (ICC) found him guilty in February 2011. Asif also served a six-month sentence in England after a trial at the at Southwark Crown Court.
The ban was, however, lifted in September last year. Asif made a comeback to domestic cricket while playing for Water and Power Development Authority in January earlier this year.
"The last five years were the toughest for me and for my family but I am happy that that period is over now and I am back on the field," Asif said earlier in January. "I have been training for the last five years."
Asif and Butt were both in the squad for the four-day tournament prior to the one-day games but were not allowed to play.He was later made the captain of Sialkot Region team in a grade-two tournament. The pacer also signed up for the Caribbean Premier League draft but wasn't picked by any franchise.
Asif has so far played 23 Tests, 38 One-Day Internationals and 11 Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan and has 165 wickets to his name across formats
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