West Indies left-hander John Campbell has been slapped with a four-year ban for an anti-doping violation, in accordance information Reuters information report.
Reuters mentioned the choice was reached on Friday by a Jamaica Anti-Doping Fee (JADCO) three-member unbiased panel.
There was no formal announcement, nonetheless.
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Campbell, a 29-year-old Jamaican, who has performed 20 Checks and 6 One-Day Internationals had been charged earlier this 12 months for “evading, refusing or failing to undergo pattern assortment.”
The ban has been backdated to begin from Might 10 – the date of the notification of the violation.
“The panel is persuaded to a snug diploma of satisfaction that the athlete dedicated an anti-doping rule violation, specifically breach of JADCO rule 2.3,” learn the choice, a part of which was seen by Reuters.
“The panel doesn’t discover, on the proof introduced, that the athlete’s anti-doping violation was not intentional.
“Within the circumstances of this case, the athlete is ineligible for a interval of 4 years.”
Such a ban may spell the tip of Campbell’s profession, particularly with the opener but to actually consolidate his place within the Take a look at squad.
His final outing for the Caribbean facet got here final June in opposition to Bangladesh, but it surely was solely his fifth Take a look at after getting back from a year-long spell on the sidelines resulting from poor type.
In 10 Take a look at innings this 12 months, Campbell has managed only one fifty whereas averaging 35 – above his profession common of 26.
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