Positive IPL Drug Test??...?

Question

I have just read a very unfortunate article on the IPL..It seems there has been a positive drug test..

There is speculation(ofcause) that it may be from fast bowler??...These speculations have been made by Indian media...

http://au.sports.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article/-/4787022/player-tests-positive-indian-league

My question is-Why do you think the Media have implied it is a fast bowler??

Do you think it could be a certain fast bowler who has had problems with performance enchancing drugs in the past???

If Not

Who do you think this player could be??.....

I have to say i dont care what country this player is from,it is an absolute disgrace to International Cricket..

There is no room in cricket for cheats....

I think this players name should also be made public-Do you?...

The speculation will not go away until this players name is made public-Do you agree?

Answer 1

Are you implying that a certain Pakistani chucker has been at it again. In all honesty Ange i wouldnt be suprised if it is him! He had barely bowled (to my recollection) for months, maybe he felt that he wouldnt be able to perform in the IPL without taking these drugs.

Any time performance enhancing drugs are used in any sport it is a disgrace! It is cheating the public and the players! The name WILL be made public (quite rightly) and whoever it is who's done this should get a huge ban and fine! Like you said there is no place in the game for CHEATS!

Of course its not Brett Lee! i'm thinking its one of the troublesome twosome (Asif & Akhtar) although i apologise sincerly if its not!

Anyway this player should be banned from particpating in the IPL and all over forms of the game (harsh but fair).

Its true! they have to release the name! because sooner or later it will slip out anyway!

Answer 2

It's not Brett Lee, we don't even have to think about him being in question. i heard on some news channel that it was a pacer from the sub-continent. It might be Mohamed Asif, he was detained at the Dubai airport for carrying opium with him and later released because the amount was insignificant.

YES the name should be made public. And YES the speculation won't go till its made public.

Answer 3

Agree with Binga, there is no way it would be Brett.

Whoever it is should be named publically and be forced to face jail-time until at least the point where he reaches the age when he is no longer useful as a player. If cricket administration doesn't have the guts to give these players life bans for bringing the great game into disrepute, then the legal authorities should deal with them.

Answer 4

I am astounded that they still 'try it on' Ange. As for who the bowler is,I don't know,but I  can tell you who it isn't, & that is Brett Lee. He is fastidious about what goes into his body & would never self administer or allow such a drug to enter his system.Having said that, I guess it will be someone who didn't count on being drug tested for IPL, maybe the player you alluded to.

Edit. Au contrare Rehman, no-one says it was an Aussie & i will be very surprised if it is.I think we are alluding to the Rawalpindi Express here! He is the only one caught taking performance enhancing drugs in recent times.I also detect a note of sarcasm in Rehman's reference to the diuretic. As I've told many times here before, I take diuretics, do you call me a druggy?

Answer 5

On the wake of positive drug test in IPL, I think it's time for ICC to step up and make drug test mandatory in all international cricket events. And the time has arrived cricket boards of all nations to adopt anti-doping tests, from first class cricket, so that players don't get unfair advantage over the other, in selection process.

But reports suggest that  it is a fast bowler from the subcontinent (which should be hypothetical as IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said that the identity of the player is unknown).

1) Fast bowlers are those in need of hyperbolic stamina in cricket than anyone else. (only 14 players were tested during IPL; perchance if they all are fast bowlers? then it will be a fast bowler, right?)

2) Possibly yes. Then only two names come to my mind. And one of them ran into legal troubles right after the event.

3)Whoever the player is, fast bowler or opening batsman, it is a disgrace to his team, and it is a disgrace to the gentlemen's game. Drug cheats in cricket should be banned for life.

4)Yes, the player's name has to be made public. And put in place a foolproof system to avoid this happening in future.

Answer 6

Im glad at least its not in Pakistan because the player would've got of lightly!!

Answer 7

is it akthar again

Answer 8

i hope that hes not from pakistan

Answer 9

I think the Indian media have said a fast bowler as they are normaly the ones who do take performance enhancing drugs..

Yeah it proberly is a certain fast bowler from Pakistan who has had many problems in the past 12 months..

Well gee there is 2 of them who are drug cheats now,is'nt there...anyone with a brain can see everyone will either say Akhtar or Asif,my bets are on Akhtar though,,,

Yeah it is a disgrace to International Cricket,name them and shame them,then kick 'em' to the kerb i say...

Answer 10

Not rocket science to work out which chucker/druggo it is. Good Q m'am, a star.

Answer 11

Dear Ange,

I read the article, but failed to see any speculation. You are right it does not matter what country, this is reprehensible. But given Bingalee's detailed knowledge of her own countries athlete's I get her suggestion and I suspect the diuretics failed to completely clear away the anabolic steroids this time.

Rehman of Multan

EDIT:

Your other questions:

There is no room in cricket for cheats....

Yes we all agree with that. There are all kinds of cheats in cricket, some take recourse to drugs followed by "diuretic masking", some take help of unfair means like raising the bogey of racism, alterations in existent rules (for example underarm bowling at crucial times)...all highly condemnable. I think countries that repeatedly offend the game should be handed a temporary suspension. Don't you think?

Q. I think this players name should also be made public-Do you?...

A. I agree.

Q. The speculation will not go away until this players name is made public-Do you agree?

A. Of course that is in fact a logical corollary to your earlier question.

EDIT: Last post for the day. Madam Bingalee, you take the  diuretics as anti-hypertensives. You can be forgiven for not knowing the use of diuretics in sports.

Please review this link:

http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Drugs_ban...

Diuretics are typically used as a masking agent for anabolic steroids. Anabolic steroids are you may well know is used as performance enhancing drug for any sport that needs fast contraction of fast-twitch muscle fibres.

I do not want you to agree with me, and I do understand your nationalistic pride. However, Shane Warne (even though is a very good spin bowler, with sufficient guile to outfox many batsmen) is in fact a drug cheat of the worst kind. He has infact started a precedence in cricket. For that he was handed a one year ban.

Of course, I do not want to have a shouting match over the internet, it is a loss-loss situation as my good friend Mithrandir would very aptly put it.

Whatever you write on the internet are mere opinions and all the points etc. that are accrued are meaningless ventures, they do not motivate public opinion.

As usual Rehman respects all opinions.

"smile" and good night !

Answer 12

Lets not talk about Indian media sometimes they don't even need a proof to make such announcements and sometimes they do. So I cant really tell why has the media implied that. May be they have some SOURCE or may be because of all that Asif controversy

Its a subcontinental bowler for sure as the reports say.

I am not gonna give any name as this can create a lot of trouble for me

I think the name should be made public.

"First of all the identity of the player with the sample has to be matched," said Modi.

"Then the form, which the player filled before the tournament will be scrutinised for any pre-declared or prescribed drug use. If that matches the drug found in the sample, the matter ends there.

"If it does not, the player is informed and a 'B' sample would then be tested. If that sample also tests positive, the matter will be taken up by the IPL drugs tribunal."

He refused to name the player, saying the identity would be revealed only if tests on the 'B' sample is required

Its subcontinent Dont be worry about Lee.