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19 March 2024

Pakistan spinner Raza banned for failing drugs test

Pakistan's Raza Hasan celebrates after taking the wicket of Australia's Glenn Maxwell during their Twenty20 World Cup Super 8 cricket match in Colombo October 2, 2012. (Reuters)

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Pakistan spin bowler Raza Hasan has been banned for two years after failing a doping test, the country's cricket board said.

The 22-year-old left-armer returned an "adverse analytical finding" from a urine sample taken during a domestic tournament in January, the Pakistan Cricket Board said in a statement.

The PCB conducted random testing during a domestic tournament in January this year and sent Hasan's samples to a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory in India.

The PCB did not name the banned substance but Pakistani media last month reported Hasan was under investigation for using cocaine.

Raza, who has played one one-day international and 10 Twenty20 matches for Pakistan, was notified on March 24 and subsequently failed to send a written request for a hearing within 14 days, the PCB said.

"Therefore in accordance with the Anti-Doping Rules and with the approval of the competent authority, Mr. Raza Hassan (Hasan) is being imposed with a ban that will make him ineligible to participate in the sport of cricket for a period of two years," the board said.

Raza made his ODI debut against Australia in Dubai in October and played his last international match in a T20 against New Zealand in the Gulf city in December