Kashif Siddiq,
the captain of State Bank of Pakistan, has been banned for two years
after failing a dope test. He was initially provisionally suspended from
playing any form of cricket in January, but the tribunal hearing the
batsman found him guilty of violating the PCB's Anti-Doping code. The
ban is effective from January 8, 2014.
Siddiq, 32, a veteran of 131 first-class matches, underwent a random
dope test during the Faysal Bank T20 Cup for Departments in November
2013. The report suggested a breach of the anti-doping code and the PCB
formed a three-man committee comprising Shahid Karim (Advocate, Supreme
Court), former wicketkeeper Wasim Bari, and Dr Ucksy Mallick to hear
Siddiq. It was found that he used the substances Nandralone and
Stanozolol.
"In accordance with its Anti-Doping Rules, the Pakistan Cricket Board
conducted random dope testing during the Faysal Bank T20 Cup held at
Lahore in November 2013 in order to detect use of Prohibited
Substances," the PCB stated in a release. "An adverse analytical finding
was reported by the National Dope Testing Laboratory (WADA-accredited
laboratory) in New Delhi, India, against the sample collected from
Kashif Sadique, a player of State Bank of Pakistan.
"Accordingly, Kashif Sadique was issued a notice of charge by the PCB in
January 2014 wherein he was provisionally suspended from participating
in any form of cricket pending the proceedings of the Anti-Doping
Tribunal, who after conducting detailed personal hearings found Kashif
Sadique (presence of a prohibited substance or its Metabolites or
Markers in a Cricketer's Sample) and imposed a ban of 2 years."
Umar Farooq is ESPNcricinfo's Pakistan correspondent. @kalson
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