Shoaib and Asif will play world Cup

Pakistani fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif on tuesdays won thier appeals against the bans they faced on doping charges.

A three-member appeals tribunal, appointed by PCB accepted the cricketer's defence that they did not have sufficient warning that the supplements they were taking could contain steroids.

The decision means Akhtar and Asif are likely to play in the 2007 World Cup in the Carrbbean.