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Malik skirts Asif issue

Sports Reporter
Dhaka yester~ day to play the tri-series on the back of the record of winning eleven one-day internationals in a row.
Understandably Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik was more interested to focus on his side's success story in his first reaction while talking at a press conference at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.
But it is hard to imagine only onfield stories with Pakistan as their pace spearhead Mohammad Asif added another episode to prolong Pakistan's off-field controversies and it left young Malik to counter some uncomfortable questions.
The young captain was upbeat enough to reply on his team's recent successes with the young guys and the just concluded Indian Premier League (IPL) where almost all his colleagues were involved with different franchises but Malik answered as briefly as possible
while talking about the issue of Asif.
"Our main target is to maintain consistency. We have won eleven games in a row and we want to continue that. We are looking forward to play a good series. Everyone is fit and in good form. We have the confidence to play good cricket here," said Malik when asked about his team's goal in the series ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup to be held in Pakistan.
The all-rounder however didn't give any clear answers when he was asked about Asif's detention although he was buoyant with his pace attack despite the absence of an attacking new- ball bowler.
"We still have a good decent bowling attack in Sohail Tanvir, Omar Gul, Sohail Khan and Iftekhar Anjum. If we go a few months back, we were playing against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh and everyone was playing good cricket. We are here to play cricket and our concentration is only on cricket," he responded on the controversial issue.
Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson also faced the same questions.
"We have played cricket without Asif. He worked incredibly hard to get back the fitness and played the last game against Bangladesh and played in the IPL. When at his best, he is a destructive bowler. But we have some young players coming through. Of course Sohail (Tanvir) is one of them who was spotted in the Twenty20 World Cup but now he is outstanding in all forms of the game," said the Australian coach.
The Pakistan skipper Malik returned to his comfort zone when questions were asked about the IPL and it's effect on one -day cricket.
"We enjoyed cricket in IPL but that's history now. We played IPL in different teams and now we return to the same boat to play an important series ahead of the upcoming Asia Cup. We are all professionals, we can play any kind of cricket and it's our profession. So it would not be a problem to shift the focus to the one-day game," said Malik.
He however was angered when he was asked about his comments that 'playing in the IPL is more entertaining than playing in Bangladesh'.
"Who told you? 1 didn't say that. It's always a big thing to represent my country," hfe responded.
For Pakistan coach Lawson, it was however not an easy job to shift the concentration of his boys into the one-day cricket from a Twenty20 game.
"IPL looks like a very successful tournament and it is not so easy to shift the focus. We have talked about it and nobody has played any 50 overs cricket in the last five weeks. So everybody is in the same boat, I suppose," observed Lawson adding that his boys will continue their one-day success here.
"But you should understand one things that IPL was a domestic and restricted tournament not an internationally recognised meet. I hope my team keep winning in the one-day and show consistency both individually and as a team, " he added
No doubt their archrivals India is their main opponents in the tournament but Lawson was not ready to take hosts Bangladesh lightly in the tri-series which will kick off with the match between Bangladesh and Pakistan tomorrow.
"Bangladesh is playing at home so we have got to be a lot careful," hewarned.
"India recently won series against Australia in Australia, so their confidence is high but we also have to take Bangladesh seriously as they are playing at their home condition," said Malik.