South African batsman Zubair Hamza has been tainted with doping. He has been found guilty of consuming a banned substance under the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Doping Act. According to the statement released by Cricket South Africa (CSA), he had an anti-doping test on 17 January 2022. His report has come positive. Zubair Hamza played his biggest innings in Test cricket against India.
The statement also said that Zubair Hamza is not disputing this test. He is fully cooperating with the ICC. Hamza accepted the voluntary suspension amid written submissions to the ICC. The CSA statement has revealed that a banned substance called furosemide has been found in the body of Zubair Hamza. It is not a performance enhancing substance. Hamza is aware of how it must have entered his body.
Cricket South Africa said in the statement, “Further evidence will be presented in the process that there was no mistake or negligence on Zubair’s part.” cricket south africa, South Africa The Cricketers’ Association and the Western Province Cricket Association are supporting Zubair in this process. All of them will continue to support him till this event is over.
26-year-old Zubair Hamza made his Test debut against Pakistan in 2019. He played his last Test match in New Zealand last month. His biggest innings of 62 runs came in October 2019 in Ranchi on the tour of India. In November last year, he played his first ODI against the Netherlands.
next two matches of that series coronavirus were postponed due to the pandemic. Hamza has played 6 test matches so far. In this he has scored 212 runs at an average of 17.67. He has scored 56 runs in his only ODI. He was selected in the squad for the series against Bangladesh. However, he withdrew from the elected party last week citing personal reasons.