DistantNews
Support us
🇸🇬 Singapore /Sports

Pakistan all-rounder Nawaz banned three months for cannabis violation

From CNA · () English

Translated from English, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz received a three-month ban from the ICC for a cannabis-related doping violation.
  • The positive test occurred after a February T20 World Cup match, and Nawaz admitted the violation was unrelated to performance.
  • His ban is backdated to May 1 and can be reduced by completing a rehabilitation program, with his records from the Netherlands match onward disqualified.

Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has been handed a three-month ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after testing positive for a cannabis-related substance. The 32-year-old tested positive for Carboxy-THC, a metabolite of cannabis, following Pakistan's Twenty20 World Cup match against the Netherlands in February.

Mohammad Nawaz has been sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after testing positive for a cannabis-related substance, the governing body said on Friday, with the Pakistan all-rounder being handed a three-month ban that can be reduced upon completion of a rehabilitation programme.

— ICCOfficial announcement regarding Mohammad Nawaz's sanction.

Carboxy-THC is classified as a Substance of Abuse under the ICC's Anti-Doping Code. Nawaz admitted the violation, and the ICC stated he demonstrated the substance was used out of competition and unrelated to sporting performance. Consequently, he received a three-month suspension, backdated to May 1, the date he began a voluntary provisional suspension.

Carboxy-THC is classified as a Substance of Abuse under the ICC's Anti-Doping Code.

— ICCExplanation of the substance found in Mohammad Nawaz's test.

The ICC announced that Nawaz's provisional suspension has been lifted after he served approximately two and a half months and agreed to undergo rehabilitation. His records from the Netherlands match on February 7 and subsequent games until May 1 have been disqualified in line with the anti-doping code. Nawaz participated in all seven of Pakistan's matches during the T20 World Cup, where he scored 15 runs and took seven wickets.

Nawaz admitted the violation and demonstrated that the substance had been used out of competition in a manner unrelated to sporting performance, the ICC said.

— ICCDetails on Nawaz's admission and the circumstances of the violation.
DistantNews Editorial

Originally published by CNA in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

More Stories

From Our Blog