ICC to implement new cricket anti-doping rules
The ICC will at the start of next month implement a new set of whereabouts rules under its anti-doping code after reaching an agreement with its members regarding the implementation of a modified version of the Wada code.
Under the new rules for out-of-competition testing under the ICC's Anti-Doping Code an international registered testing pool of known offenders or players deemed to be at a high risk will be required to provide information on their whereabouts in order to meet in accordance with Wada's International Standard for Testing.
A second national player pool - comprised of 11 players from each of the ICC’s top-eight ranked ODI teams - will only be required to prove "cricket whereabouts" information, rather than personal whereabouts information, for the purposes of the rules.
In its unmodified form, Wada’s controversial whereabouts rule requires athletes to give three months’ notice of where they will be for an hour each day, an approach that has been met with resistance in other quarters of the sporting world, including by world football’s governing body Fifa.
However, after a few tweaks the ICC has now gained the support of all members for the new rules, including the previously resistant Board of Control for Cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
"We know this is a complex area for players and administrators and I wish to thank all our Members for their willingness to find a workable solution,” ICC chief executive http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719 (pictured) said.
"All of us are now satisfied that we have a code and rules that will support out-of-competition testing and protect international cricket from those who wish to cheat.”
According to WADA Director General David Howman the new systems implemented in international cricket “will mean that the ICC's out-of-competition testing programme, under which any player can be tested at any time, will now be strengthened and it is a good step forward for cricket."
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