WICB launches anti-doping campaign at all levels of the game – Cricket News Update
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 Cricket Board (WICB) has unleashed an anti-doping campaign under which all the regional players will have to undergo doping tests with regular intervals. The board’s strategy is based on “Educate first and test after” and coaches of the local
teams are going to be entrusted this role.
This measure has been adopted following International Cricket Council’s increasing concerns over players’ out of the box tactics to boost up their playing stamina and strengths.
Doping refers to the application of certain energy booster drugs that are banned by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625. Under the council’s rules, if a player is found to be involved in doping practices, he is penalised with bans and fines.
Despite the global cricket governing body’s keen preventive measures, the problem has not been rooted out from the comity of international players. A doping case is detected after every two to three months and the council http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Damien-Geoffrey-Wright-c52166 up to ban the offender.
Recently, the Sri Lankan opening batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warushavithana-Upul-Tharanga-c96261, has been banned by the ICC for three months, after his doping test proved to be positive.
Some Pakistani players had been involved in this gruesome practice in the past and were also punished.
The WICB, which is h**l-bent to perk up the standard of domestic cricket, is deeply concerned about the doping issue and it wants all the regional players to be free of this curse.
The board is to seek the cooperation of the World Anti-doping Authority (WADA) in order to eliminate doping from the cricketing circles of West Indies. As per the WADA laws, all the registered players from Under-13 to the national team are tested regularly
to detect doping.
Addressing to the meeting of local coaches, the Player Relation Officer of WICB, Ayanna http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cooper-c51561 said, “Top cricketers do not use performance enhancing drugs but may run afoul of the anti-doping regulations when they carelessly use common cold remedies or
take medication for allergies and the like.”
She further told, “We are depending on coaches like yourself who deal with the kids at a very http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Young-c41367
age.”
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