After Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar doping cases which rocked the cricketing world, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) have decided to conduct random doping test of players during the 9th Asia Cup to prevent doping scandals.
The tests would be done as per the guidelines of World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and International Cricket Council (ICC). The samples collected will be sent to Malaysia, Thailand or China where laboratory facilities are available.
As per reports the Pakistan cricket board has asked all other five member boards to cooperate and take it as an awareness campaign to make the players know the evils of using banned substances.
Under the procedure, two players of each team would be asked to undergone the procedure after every match played in the forthcoming tournament.
Pakistan cricket board especially now on the hit list of the international sports body soon after one of its first bowler Asif found himself behind the bar by the Dubai authority under suspicion of possessing illegal drugs though he was released later due to insignificance of the case.
Earlier in 2006, just before the inauguration of Champions Trophy, Shoaib Akhtar and Muhammad Asif were tested positive in an internal doping test by the cricket board and were subsequently banned. But with an appeal, an appellate tribunal had overturned the ban.
In Mohammad Asif’s case, the Dubai authority after detaining him for nearly three weeks released Asif all drug charges, but PCB is intended to conduct an internal probe of the whole incident as it has brought immense embarrassment to the board. Asif was held on June by Dubai custom officer in Dubai Airport.
Asif could face a severe ban if found guilty under ICC code of conduct and as the international cricket body is a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Meanwhile, ICC has left it to the national cricket board PCB to have an independent inquiry.
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