(Cricket news) Zimbabwe Cricket has handed four-month bans to national team cricketers Wesley Madhevere and Brandon Mavuta in relation to recreational drug use. They had tested positive for a banned recreational drug during an in-house dope test in December.
Madhevere and Mavuta both received the sanction after admitting to the drug use during a disciplinary hearing last Wednesday. They will also be fined 50% of their salaries for three months effective from January 2024.
Kevin Kasuza another Zimbabwe cricketer, also failed an in-house dope test last week. He has also been banned from all cricketing activities, pending a hearing.
“ZC has a zero tolerance towards drugs and drug taking and, in imposing the sanctions, the Disciplinary Committee considered that drug taking was a serious offence and that the breach by the two players had brought the organisation and the game of cricket into disrepute,” a ZC release stated.
“In taking the decision, the Committee also considered some mitigating factors, with both players showing remorse and having already started working on withdrawing from the habit and getting their systems clean.”
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