SACA COMMENTS ON HAMZA ICC SUSPENSION

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed that Zubayr Hamza will serve a suspension of nine months, commencing on the 22 March 2022, following his positive test for the prohibited substance Furosemide. Andrew Breetzke, SACA CEO, commented; “from the outset, Zubayr co-operated with the ICC on providing full disclosure of medications that he had been taking, and the sequence of events leading up to the positive test.  Through this process, we were able to determine how Furosemide came to be in his sample. The ICC considered and accepted his submission, and we are pleased that Zubayr will be back playing cricket at the end of this year.  SACA will continue to support Zubayr during the period of his suspension”. Zubayr...