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[SouthCoastShankly]

What a surprise Pakistan caught cheating again!!

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Pakistan have withdrawn fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif from the Champions Trophy in India after they tested positive for nandrolone.

The tests were carried out by the Pakistan Cricket Board three weeks ago and showed positive results for the performance-enhancing steroid.

They are Pakistan's best new-ball bowlers but face bans of up to two years if the second test is confirmed.

Pakistan are due to begin their campaign against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

"They have tested positive for using nandrolone, which is a performance enhancing anabolic steroid," Saleem Altaf, director of cricket operations of the Pakistan Cricket Board, said.


I have never come across anything like this in my life.... The timing is not great, but if it's going to happen it happens

"We have asked for a second test (B sample). But for the moment they have been suspended and are being recalled from India.

"Under the ICC anti-doping rules the punishment for a first violation is two years. We don't have our own rules on such matters and might follow the ICC regulations."

The Pakistan team cancelled their scheduled morning training session following the news.

The PCB has named all-rounder Yasir Arafat and spinner Abdul Rehman as replacements.

"I am confident that I shall perform well if given a chance. Indian wickets help spinners and I am hopeful of doing well," Rehman told the BBC.

The International Cricket Council is also conducting random doping tests during the eight-nation Champions Trophy, ranked second only to the World Cup among the sport's limited-overs events.


We (the ICC) take a zero tolerance approach to doping in cricket. We are a signatory to the World Anti Doping Agency code

But chief executive Malcolm Speed said it would be the PCB who would deal with the matter as they had carried out the testing before the tournament began.

Speed told BBC Five Live: "We (the ICC) take a zero tolerance approach to doping in cricket. We are a signatory to the World Anti Doping Agency code.

"It is very disappointing this has happened, it is very disappointing for these players but we will get to the bottom of it in the next day or so."

Shoaib and Asif have both recently returned to action after spending most of the summer injured.

Shoaib, 31, underwent a double knee operation in February and 23-year-old Asif, who spent the early part of the summer playing county cricket for Leicestershire, has been struggling with an elbow injury.

Drugs in sport have become a huge issue but Speed said cricket did not have a worrying problem with performance-enhancing or recreational drugs.

He added: "Generally cricket has been considered a low-risk sport. The risk for cricket has always been a player who is injured taking a substance inadvisedly to come back quickly from injury."

Australia spinner Shane Warne was banned from cricket for a year in 2003 for testing positive for two separate diuretics, hydrochlorothiazide and amiloride.

The latest incident comes after a torrid six weeks for Pakistan Cricket.

In August, Pakistan forfeited The Oval Test in a row over alleged ball-tampering and this led to captain Inzamam-ul-Haq being banned for four games for bringing the game into disrepute.

Tour manager Zaheer Abbas was relieved of his duties. Inzamam's replacement for the Champions Trophy, Younis Khan, initially refused to lead the side, saying he did not want to be a "dummy" captain.

Former PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan then quit the next day because of his decision and his replacement Nasim Ashraf reinstated Younis as skipper.

[babu]

I am a huge fan of cricket mate. What do you mean caught cheating again?

As far as i know Inzzie and the rest where cleared of ball tampering.

Failing this drug test is a huge blow to the pakistan side and too cricket. But lets wait and see what happens. One thing to remember here is that they picked up by there own cricket board, not by the ICC. This to me is a good sign. Because these two players are the backbone of their attack, and frankly i am suprised the pakistan cricket board would be prepared to lose these two players.

So rather than saying caugth again!! lets just applaud the their cricket board for doing the right thing, and wait and see what happens.

and please this is no comparison to warney (as i have seen in the papers), because a diruetic is not performance enhancing.

[neil]

when he says "caught cheating again" he means they have cheated again and been caught. Like when that flump danced over the wicket last year, the ball tampering in the late eighties etc cheatin cheatin bad people, with weird beliefs.

[Roger Red Hat]

hang 'em!

[neil]

from the goolies

[babu]

lol the late eighties i will agree with. But IMO test cricket needs pakistan, so if their own board seems to be doing the job, lets wait n see

[Ciggy]

Crickets cr@p anyway 

[SouthCoastShankly]

when he says "caught cheating again" he means they have cheated again and been caught. Like when that flump danced over the wicket last year, the ball tampering in the late eighties etc cheatin cheatin bad people, with weird beliefs.

lol.


I mean they don't do themselves any favours do they???

I saw a photo comparing Akhtar before and after his apparent drugs taking. I'm more surprised he wasn't caught out before - his build is totally different now.

[CardinalRed]

I am a huge fan of cricket mate. What do you mean caught cheating again?

As far as i know Inzzie and the rest where cleared of ball tampering.

Failing this drug test is a huge blow to the pakistan side and too cricket. But lets wait and see what happens. One thing to remember here is that they picked up by there own cricket board, not by the ICC. This to me is a good sign. Because these two players are the backbone of their attack, and frankly i am suprised the pakistan cricket board would be prepared to lose these two players.

So rather than saying caugth again!! lets just applaud the their cricket board for doing the right thing, and wait and see what happens.

and please this is no comparison to warney (as i have seen in the papers), because a diruetic is not performance enhancing.

What difference does it make that their own Board caught them? They were cheating, no two ways about it.....
Their Board had no choice, they're still wiping the egg off their faces from the debacle at Lords when Inzi showed he thought he was bigger than the game by refusing to play....


                                         

[jkop]

Cheating were they, then they would be right at home in the chelski football team.

[zarababe]

I am a huge fan of cricket mate. What do you mean caught cheating again?

As far as i know Inzzie and the rest where cleared of ball tampering.

Failing this drug test is a huge blow to the pakistan side and too cricket. But lets wait and see what happens. One thing to remember here is that they picked up by there own cricket board, not by the ICC. This to me is a good sign. Because these two players are the backbone of their attack, and frankly i am suprised the pakistan cricket board would be prepared to lose these two players.

So rather than saying caugth again!! lets just applaud the their cricket board for doing the right thing, and wait and see what happens.

and please this is no comparison to warney (as i have seen in the papers), because a diruetic is not performance enhancing.

What difference does it make that their own Board caught them? They were cheating, no two ways about it.....
Their Board had no choice, they're still wiping the egg off their faces from the debacle at Lords when Inzi showed he thought he was bigger than the game by refusing to play....


                                         

Yeh and the Aussi ref offered to quit for .. wait for it $250,000.. 

Many sports men/women have been caught with traces of 'drugs' they have taken in innocent form. We need to wait to see the outcome of this. If they cheated then they deserve what they get.

As for your point Neil " cheatin cheatin bad people, with weird beliefs" exactly what do you mean 

[112-1077774096]

As for your point Neil " cheatin cheatin bad people, with weird beliefs" exactly what do you mean 

here we go,  muslim automatically assuming the comment is about religion, or why else would you mention it. no doubt this thread will turn into a religious denate as well now

[Lando_Griffin]

Cricket is God's way of getting all the boring people into one place out of the way of those with lives.

Golf is there to catch the even SADDER b*stards!

How can yo call it a sport when 1 game lasts a f*cking week!?!

Not to mention having a break for f*cking tea! TEA!?! Are they men of fricking grannies!?!

"Rain/bad light stopped play" pussies! F*cking rain!?! They just stand about anyway!

Bad light!?! With all that padding, it shouldn't matter if they're blindfolded!!!!!

Not for me, thankyou so very much!

[neil]

As for your point Neil " cheatin cheatin bad people, with weird beliefs" exactly what do you mean 

like what it says 

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As for your point Neil " cheatin cheatin bad people, with weird beliefs" exactly what do you mean 

here we go,  muslim automatically assuming the comment is about religion, or why else would you mention it. no doubt this thread will turn into a religious denate as well now

There are many people who live in Liverpool who have wierd beliefs. In fact I have heard that some actually believe Everton will finish above Liverpool!(now thats what I call extremist belief)