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Lahore, July 10 (TNS): The Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday issued a formal charge sheet to Ahmed Shehzad who tested positive for a banned substance.<\/p>\n
Maverick Pakistan opener Ahmed Shehzad failed a drug test conducted during a domestic tournament in April, the country’s cricket authorities confirmed Tuesday and could face a ban of up to four years.<\/p>\n
The offence is the latest in a long litany of Pakistani players charged with doping and is a severe blow to the 26-year-old’s stuttering career.<\/p>\n
Shehzad lost his Test place following Pakistan’s tour to the West Indies in mid-2017 and has not played a one day international since last October.<\/p>\n
He was part of Pakistan’s Twenty20 squad for the team’s two international matches last month, managing scores of 14 and 24, but missed out on playing for the tri-series Twenty20 in Zimbabwe which ended Sunday.<\/p>\n
Pakistan’s cricketers have a history of failing tests for performance-enhancing drugs.<\/p>\n
Pace bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were both caught using banned substances in 2006 but later reprieved after a tribunal set aside their drug tests.<\/p>\n
Later rule changes led to a two-year ban for left-arm spinner Raza Hasan, who failed a doping test in 2015.<\/p>\n
Two other Pakistan spinners, Yasir Shah and Abdur Rehman, have also received temporary bans in recent years.<\/p>\n
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