Zubayr Hamza gets nine-month ban for doping violation
May 17, 2022 All his performances between January 17, when he provided his sample, and March 22, when he accepted a provisional suspension, "have been disqualified"
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
Zubayr Hamza 'provisionally suspended' by ICC for doping violation
Mar 25, 2022 The South Africa batter had tested positive for furosemide, a prohibited substance, in January
Champions Trophy 2017
'ICC should have had blood-testing long ago'
Jun 3, 2017
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Jarrod Kimber and Melinda Farrell discuss the ICC updating its drug-testing protocol for the Champions Trophy
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