There is a long history of drug abuse in cricket and many cricketers, such as Shane Warne, Ian Botham and others, have been suspended for using drugs to enhance their skills. Here are five Pakistani cricketers who were suspended by the ICC for using drugs. Shoaib Akhtar The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) banned the “Rawalpindi...
There is a long history of drug abuse in cricket and many cricketers, such as Shane Warne, Ian Botham and others, have been suspended for using drugs to enhance their skills.
Here are five Pakistani cricketers who were suspended by the ICC for using drugs.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) banned the “Rawalpindi Express” for two-years in 2006 after he was tested positive for nandrolone. He was acquitted by a tribunal formed to review his appeal.
The right arm pace bowler was found guilty of doping alongside Akhtar in 2006. His ban was also lifted by the same tribunal that lifted Akhtar’s suspension.
The left arm spinner was suspended by the English and Pakistani cricket boards over use of cannabis.
He was banned by the ICC in 2015 from playing any form of cricket for two years after testing positive for a banned substance.
The leg-spinner was suspended by the sports’ governing body after failing a dope test in 2016.