Champions Trophy 2017
'ICC should have had blood-testing long ago'
Jun 3, 2017
| News and Analysis
Jarrod Kimber and Melinda Farrell discuss the ICC updating its drug-testing protocol for the Champions Trophy
Drugs
Shane Warne's one-year ban for the use of a diuretic in 2003 was the first reported instance in cricket of the use of performance-enhancing drugs (as opposed to recreational ones, a la Ian Botham, and various Pakistani and South African cricketers down the years). In 2006 Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were found guilty of using the banned steroid nandrolone
Pakistan news
Kashif Siddiq banned for failing dope test
May 7, 2014 Kashif Siddiq, the captain of State Bank of Pakistan, has been banned for two years after failing a dope test
South Africa news
Rory Kleinveldt admits using banned drug
Mar 17, 2012 Rory Kleinveldt will plead guilty to using marijuana after he failed an anti-doping test conducted in February
West Indies news
Treymane Smartt suspended for anti-doping violation
Nov 18, 2011 West Indies women's cricketer Tremayne Smartt has been suspended by the ICC from all cricket and cricket-related activities for five months after being found guilty of committing an anti-doping violation
ICC news
Tharanga suspended for three months
Jun 24, 2011 Upul Tharanga, the Sri Lankan opener, has been suspended by the ICC for three months for testing positive for a banned substance during the 2011 World Cup
ICC news
ICC set to implement WADA-compliant code
Jul 15, 2010 The ICC is finally ready to implement its anti-doping code, which includes a "modified" whereabouts clause, following negotiations during a year-long stand-off with the BCCI
ICC news
ICC anti-doping code to take effect in August
Jul 1, 2010 The ICC board has approved the anti-doping code with minor amendments to be agreed relating to the contentious "whereabouts" clause.
ICC news
WADA asks ICC to comply by November 2011
May 25, 2010 The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) today asked the ICC to give a final push to convince its member boards to accept the contentious whereabouts clause by November 2011, failing which it would be declared non-compliant to the WADA code
Pakistan news
Asif ruled out of New Zealand series
Oct 19, 2009 The PCB clarified that Mohammad Asif will not be travelling with the team to Abu Dhabi and Dubai for the series against New Zealand in November
ICC anti-doping policy
ICC to meet WADA on code solution
Oct 7, 2009 The ICC will soon engage with the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) to find out whether there can be a meeting ground on the contentious 'whereabouts clause' in the agency's amended code