ICC tables code over doping
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July 16, 2010, Friday
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THE International Cricket Council has tabled an anti-doping code it says satisfies WADA's 'whereabouts' rule but will not force many elite cricketers to provide information on their location away from the game.
According to an excerpt of a draft code, member nations' 11 top-ranked one-day international cricketers on a "National Player Pool" would only need to provide "cricket whereabouts information" rather than their personal whereabouts at all times.
The more rigorous application of the rule, including compelling athletes to nominate their whereabouts for an hour every day over a quarterly period, would only apply to cricketers placed on a registered testing pool.
These would be confined to players with past doping offences, those unfit or with injuries that sideline them for at least three months and those demoted from the National Player Pool for whereabouts-related violations.
The code, which has already been distributed to member nations for sign-off, follows more than a year of wrangling between the ICC and cricket boards, with opposition to the whereabouts rule led by the powerful Indian Board of Control.
Indian media reports yesterday cast the relatively lenient code as a victory for its cricketers, who in particular had objected to the rule, citing security and privacy concerns in a country where the sport enjoys a fanatical following.
An ICC spokesman refuted the reports and said the code had been drafted in consultation with the World Anti-Doping Agency and had the body's full endorsement.
Canada-based WADA was unavailable for comment.
According to an excerpt of a draft code, member nations' 11 top-ranked one-day international cricketers on a "National Player Pool" would only need to provide "cricket whereabouts information" rather than their personal whereabouts at all times.
The more rigorous application of the rule, including compelling athletes to nominate their whereabouts for an hour every day over a quarterly period, would only apply to cricketers placed on a registered testing pool.
These would be confined to players with past doping offences, those unfit or with injuries that sideline them for at least three months and those demoted from the National Player Pool for whereabouts-related violations.
The code, which has already been distributed to member nations for sign-off, follows more than a year of wrangling between the ICC and cricket boards, with opposition to the whereabouts rule led by the powerful Indian Board of Control.
Indian media reports yesterday cast the relatively lenient code as a victory for its cricketers, who in particular had objected to the rule, citing security and privacy concerns in a country where the sport enjoys a fanatical following.
An ICC spokesman refuted the reports and said the code had been drafted in consultation with the World Anti-Doping Agency and had the body's full endorsement.
Canada-based WADA was unavailable for comment.
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