Mohammad Asif's lawyer confirmed the player will appeal his seven-year cricket ban, after being released from prison in London on Thursday.
The 29-year-old Pakistani bowler was jailed in November after being found guilty of conspiring to cheat and conspiring to accept corrupt payments over deliberate no-balls bowled during the Lord's Test against England in August 2010.
Asif, who served half of a 12-month sentence, is expected to front a press conference with his lawyer Ravi Sukul soon to confirm he is taking his case for reinstatement to the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport.
"I look forward to meeting him and helping him in his legal fight to restore (the) reputation he once had," Sukul told Pakistani TV channel Geo.
Pakistan's captain for the infamous Lord's Test, Salman Butt, is still serving a 30-month term while bowler Mohammad Aamer was released in February this year after completing half of his six months in a youth prison.
Agent Mazhar Majeed was jailed for 32 months for his role in orchestrating the plot to bowl no-balls to order.
Asif's father Deen said his son's release from prison Thursday had brought an end to six months of pain for his family and backed the paceman to return to the game.
"My son is a lion and lived as a lion even in the jail. He has not played for two years but I am sure that if he comes on the field he will shock everyone with his bowling," Deen said.
AFP/ABC
Tags: sport, cricket, pakistan First posted May 04, 2012 07:45:24
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