Andre Russell facing possible ban

Quote:West Indies allrounder Andre Russell has committed an "anti-doping whereabouts" violation, according to the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission (JADCO), and could face a lengthy ban from cricket.

Russell, who is part of the West Indies squad for the upcoming World T20, has reportedly missed three such tests in a 12-month period, which equates to a failed test under doping laws.

"We received notification of Russell's violation about two weeks ago and I've appointed a panel to hear his case," JADCO independent disciplinary panel chairman Kent Pantry told Reuters.

Athletes must make their whereabouts known to local anti-doping agencies to facilitate testing. Russell could face a possible two-year ban if found guilty of the violation.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/c...77957.html

Andre Russell has some explaining to do. Hopefully this is just an honest mistake/mixup. But three separate occasions? That does raise an eyebrow. I am curious as to the timeframe of the hearing. Will Russell still be allowed to participate in the World T20?

Oh no !

He is overseas most times ...

OR is he scared of testing positive for Cannabis  :-\

Plenty of 'Roidheads in baseball....now got 'em in cricket. 
Cricket used to adopt the good things in baseball (night games,
colored uniforms, white balls, etc)...now adopting the bad things. ::dead::   ::

Why are you replying to me Woman ?

piss orf 

This is pretty strange. Dong it 3 times isn't an honest mistake; he should just do the test otherwise he will just fan the rumours. I am looking forward to himplaying and he is a very important player for West Indies; this should get cleared soon.

I'm sure that we've all made honest mistakes, aswell of course as the not so honest, but...3 times? That to me falls into the latter category, especially until we know precisely what's gone on.

That's if we do get to know what's gone on, and whatever it is, there needs to be transparency in what's happened, aswell as the punishment.

http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/784...-wt20-2016

Cleared ! 

Why does it take so long to set up a date for a hearing?

JADCO works in 3 Gears : slow,. dead slow and stop !  :-[