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Zimbabwe Cricket ban Madhevere, Mavuta for 4 months over leisure drug use

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HARARE: Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has banned Wesley Madhevere and Brandon Mavuta from aggressive cricket for 4 months attributable to leisure drug use. The duo obtained their sanctions after showing in a disciplinary listening to on Wednesday final week.

Madhevere and Mavuta had been charged with breaching the ZC Employment Code of Conduct that arose after they examined optimistic for a banned leisure drug throughout an in-house doping check in December.

Madhevere and Mavuta have additionally been fined 50 % of their salaries for 3 months, ranging from January 2024, whereas additionally they obtained ultimate written warnings legitimate for 12 months. As they endure rehabilitation overseen by ZC medical personnel, they’ve additionally been ordered to coach beneath ZC’s Excessive Efficiency programme.

“ZC has a zero tolerance in the direction of medicine and drug taking and, in imposing the sanctions, the Disciplinary Committee thought of that drug taking was a severe offence and that the breach by the 2 gamers had introduced the organisation and the sport of cricket into disrepute.

“In taking the choice, the Committee additionally thought of some mitigating elements, with each gamers displaying regret and having already began engaged on withdrawing from the behavior and getting their methods clear, ” mentioned ZC in a press release.

It additionally added that they’ve suspended one other males’s cricketer Kevin Kasuza from all cricket actions with rapid impact pending a listening to. Kasuza examined optimistic for a banned leisure drug throughout an in-house doping check final week. He is because of seem for a disciplinary listening to quickly and Kasuza is being charged beneath the ZC Employment Code of Conduct.

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