Yasir Shah

[Van_Dyke]

Yasir Shah has been charged with an anti-doping rule violation under the ICC Anti-Doping Code, and suspended

Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has been provisionally suspended and charged by the International Cricket Council after he tested positive to a banned substance.

The ICC announced on Sunday that a sample provided by Yasir on November 13 was found to contain the presence of chlortalidone, which appears on the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned list.

Chlortalidone is a diuretic that is used to treat high blood pressure.


The ICC confirmed the news in a short statement on Sunday, saying the 29-year-old has been provisionally suspended pending the outcome of the disciplinary process.

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/yasi...an-spinner-chlortalidone-substance/2015-12-27

 

[BACCS]

Wow, this is big

 

[Richard Pryor]

Chlortalidone is a diuretic that is used to treat high blood pressure.

He's taken emulating Warnie a little too far.

 

[Dugdale2Dwyer]

pakis gotta upgrade their masking regime

 

[ManWithNoName]

Should be interesting sitting back and seeing how the Australian media/public treat this.

 

[Scott Steiner]

Shame

 

[Carbine Chaos]

No.

 

[drummond2fevola]

Can someone tell me why an antihypertensive is a banned substance?

 

[Borderline]

Should be interesting sitting back and seeing how the Australian media/public treat this.

Would it be racist to report on a paki doping?

 

[ManWithNoName]

Can someone tell me why an antihypertensive is a banned substance?

Well the one Warne took was banned because it could be used as a masking agent. Might be the same thing here.

 

[western royboy]

Can someone tell me why an antihypertensive is a banned substance?

Masking agent

 

[western royboy]

http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/955535.html

 

[ManWithNoName]

Masking agent

Bingo

which is on WADA's prohibited list of diuretics and masking agents.

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

Should be interesting sitting back and seeing how the Australian media/public treat this.

They won't say a thing because 99% of Aussies don't know who Yasir Shah is

 

[Hamingja]

Should be interesting sitting back and seeing how the Australian media/public treat this.

Has the guy even played in Australia? Maybe the WC? 9/10 people on the street wouldn't know who he is. Might get a snippet at the end of the sports news if anything.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Definitely the new Warne. That ball a few weeks back and this.

 

[GOAUS!]

First Kusal Perera now this. Not good times. THe frug in question for Perera has not been released to the public AFAIK.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/955109.html

 

[Barry_Badrinath]

If it wasn't for the drug cheating, the match fixing or the chucking, Pakistan would have a killer bowling line-up:

Asif - 105 wickets at 23
Amir - 51 wickets at 29
Ajmal - 169 wickets at 27
Shah - 72 wickets at 24

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Let's wait till it plays out.

I won't say it is a shame though as I have zero time for players who try to bend the rules.

Let's wait for the case he deserves to present his case and obviously wait for the other sample.

 

[JC Hawks]

I don't understand this drug. How would it even improve his performance?

 

[LukeParkerno1]

I don't understand this drug. How would it even improve his performance?

It is a masking agent. Who knows if he has masked. However, that is what the drug is for

 

[Donnie Darko]

Masking agent

I think Warnie got busted for something similar..

 

[Van_Dyke]

I think Warnie got busted for something similar..

What Warnie got busted was for a diuretic that was a masking agent. Seems like something pretty damn similar

 

[carnthemlions]

I don't understand this drug. How would it even improve his performance?

It doesn't. It helps to mask anything else he's been taking.

 

[Donnie Darko]

What Warnie got busted was for a diuretic that was a masking agent. Seems like something pretty damn similar

Thats how many cyclists have been busted. Finding a masking agent...
The team doctor will be getting sacked.