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April 2, 2012, 01:11 PM
BCB introduces anti-doping code in local cricket
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has finally approved domestic anti-doping code, bringing all local players under its purview for the first time in a bid to create a doping free environment in domestic cricket.
In the past only national cricketers faced dope tests during different international cricket competitions with Nasir Hossain being the last player to undergo the test at the Asia Cup, but other players who did not play for any representative sides went untested.
But the anti-doping code, which was approved at BCB’s meeting on Sunday, will now allow the BCB officials to examine any cricketer at any stage of a domestic cricket competition.
The board will employ an anti-doping unit that will monitor each game and whenever they have any suspicion about any player they will take him to give the urine sample for a dope test, said the officials.
There may be a random test and the player will be chosen through a lottery.
In the approved code doping has been defined as the occurrence of one or more anti-doping rule violations and the presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in a player’s urine sample.
Any kind of steroid, cough syrup ephedrine related medicines, stimulating drugs that can enhance muscle power along with several other drugs are often considered as prohibited specified substances.
Under the code all prohibited substances shall be considered ‘specified substances’ except substances in the class of anabolic agents and hormones and those stimulants and hormone antagonists and modulators so identified on the prohibited list.
Players may be granted permission to use one or more prohibited substances or prohibited methods for therapeutic reasons in the circumstances set out in international standard for therapeutic use exemptions.
‘It is a step forward so that we can create a dope free environment in domestic cricket. With the introduction of the anti-doping code, players will be more careful about their life style,’ Debashish Chowdhury, the BCB physician, told New Age on Monday.
‘Any thing that is unusual can be target of a dope test,’ said Debashish.
The BCB physician added that initially they will target only a few selected domestic competitions like the Dhaka Premier League, Bangladesh Premier League and National Cricket League as dope test is very expensive.
‘We would be targeting the above three competition as it would be very expensive. There is no laboratory in the country where the sample can be tested,’ said Debashish.
‘The facilities are not even available in India and the nearest place where we can send the sample is Malaysia. The minimum cost of a single test is $650,’ he said adding that that they have a plan to send all results to the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Debashish said that the result management would be the critical part of the whole process as even if a player gets a positive result he has a chance to appeal.
The BCB has a plan to brief the players on the banned substances before every competition. Whenever a player will be chosen for a test he must give the BCB in writing about the drugs he has taken in a certain period.
‘We will ask them to write down before the test what kind of drugs he had used so that we can always determine whether he falls into the category of therapeutic-use exemption,’ said Debashish.
Doping in cricket is not very uncommon as many international cricketers like Ian Botham, Shane Warne, Shoaib Akhtar, Upul Tharanga and Phil Tufnell were banned for taking illegal performance-enhancing drugs in the past.
Source (http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-04-03&nid=6014)
Excellent initiative by BCB :bravo::notworthy:
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has finally approved domestic anti-doping code, bringing all local players under its purview for the first time in a bid to create a doping free environment in domestic cricket.
In the past only national cricketers faced dope tests during different international cricket competitions with Nasir Hossain being the last player to undergo the test at the Asia Cup, but other players who did not play for any representative sides went untested.
But the anti-doping code, which was approved at BCB’s meeting on Sunday, will now allow the BCB officials to examine any cricketer at any stage of a domestic cricket competition.
The board will employ an anti-doping unit that will monitor each game and whenever they have any suspicion about any player they will take him to give the urine sample for a dope test, said the officials.
There may be a random test and the player will be chosen through a lottery.
In the approved code doping has been defined as the occurrence of one or more anti-doping rule violations and the presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in a player’s urine sample.
Any kind of steroid, cough syrup ephedrine related medicines, stimulating drugs that can enhance muscle power along with several other drugs are often considered as prohibited specified substances.
Under the code all prohibited substances shall be considered ‘specified substances’ except substances in the class of anabolic agents and hormones and those stimulants and hormone antagonists and modulators so identified on the prohibited list.
Players may be granted permission to use one or more prohibited substances or prohibited methods for therapeutic reasons in the circumstances set out in international standard for therapeutic use exemptions.
‘It is a step forward so that we can create a dope free environment in domestic cricket. With the introduction of the anti-doping code, players will be more careful about their life style,’ Debashish Chowdhury, the BCB physician, told New Age on Monday.
‘Any thing that is unusual can be target of a dope test,’ said Debashish.
The BCB physician added that initially they will target only a few selected domestic competitions like the Dhaka Premier League, Bangladesh Premier League and National Cricket League as dope test is very expensive.
‘We would be targeting the above three competition as it would be very expensive. There is no laboratory in the country where the sample can be tested,’ said Debashish.
‘The facilities are not even available in India and the nearest place where we can send the sample is Malaysia. The minimum cost of a single test is $650,’ he said adding that that they have a plan to send all results to the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Debashish said that the result management would be the critical part of the whole process as even if a player gets a positive result he has a chance to appeal.
The BCB has a plan to brief the players on the banned substances before every competition. Whenever a player will be chosen for a test he must give the BCB in writing about the drugs he has taken in a certain period.
‘We will ask them to write down before the test what kind of drugs he had used so that we can always determine whether he falls into the category of therapeutic-use exemption,’ said Debashish.
Doping in cricket is not very uncommon as many international cricketers like Ian Botham, Shane Warne, Shoaib Akhtar, Upul Tharanga and Phil Tufnell were banned for taking illegal performance-enhancing drugs in the past.
Source (http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-04-03&nid=6014)
Excellent initiative by BCB :bravo::notworthy: