http://topendsports.com/rob/2006/10/19/performance-enhanced-cricket/ All Sports Comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:00:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 http://topendsports.com/rob/2006/10/19/performance-enhanced-cricket/#comment-55 Wed, 06 Dec 2006 01:18:43 +0000 http://topendsports.com/rob/2006/10/19/performance-enhanced-cricket/#comment-55 Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif have been acquitted by the tribunal appointed to review their appeals against the drugs ban imposed on them by an earlier committee. The ruling concludes that both players were able to prove 'exceptional circumstances', in that neither was fully aware of the substances they were taking. Someone needs to make this whole episode clear as it does not seem to give a good impression about the state of drugs in Cricket. Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif have been acquitted by the tribunal appointed to review their appeals against the drugs ban imposed on them by an earlier committee. The ruling concludes that both players were able to prove ‘exceptional circumstances’, in that neither was fully aware of the substances they were taking. Someone needs to make this whole episode clear as it does not seem to give a good impression about the state of drugs in Cricket.

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