Icc Sets Up Anti-doping Review Panel
The International Cricket Council has announced a working group in a bid to ease concerns from the Indian Cricket Board over anti-doping regulations.
Ex-India captain Anil Kumble, who also serves on a World Anti-Doping Authority committee, will be part of the group.
India players objected to a WADA code requiring their whereabouts in advance for an hour a day, 365 days a year.
‘We have to satisfy them on practical implementation of the new Wada rules on whereabouts,’ the ICC said.
The new panel will be called the International Registered Testing Pool working group, and will be chaired by ICC Anti-Doping Panel chairman Tim Kerr.
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat will also be part of the group, along with Kumble, BCCI Hon Secretary N Srinivasan and ICC Principal Advisor Inderjit Singh Bindra.
Lorgat said: ‘I am pleased we have constituted this group as I believe it will help to resolve the practical concerns of India players.
‘Even if they don’t agree they need to abide by the universal code in the larger interest of the game.
‘We cannot reject the code. We have to implement it. All we need to do now is to properly explain to the BCCI the need to be WADA-compliant.
‘We will work together and engage with WADA to resolve the concerns so India players can fully comply with their obligations under the ICC Anti-Doping code.’
