Cricket-Asif seeks board help in fighting doping case

KARACHI, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Suspended Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif has asked the Pakistan Cricket Board to support him in a legal battle against a doping ban after he tested positive for the steroid nandrolone.

"The previous board didn't help me out at all in this doping offence. I have been fighting a lone battle," Asif told Reuters on Monday.

The PCB suspended Asif from all cricket in August after he tested positive in a dope test carried out during the semi-final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in June. The IPL drugs inquiry tribunal, which is hearing Asif's appeal, is due to meet in Mumbai on Nov. 20 (Editing by John Mehaffey)