Zubayr Hamza suspended for nine months for doping
The International Cricket Council has suspended South African batter Zubayr Hamza for nine months for a doping violation. Hamza tested positive for prohibited substance Furosemide.
A statement from the ICC read: “The ban was backdated to March 22, 2022, the date Hamza accepted a provisional suspension. He will thus be eligible to return to cricket on December 22, 2022.”
All of Hamza’s individual stats between January 17 — the date he provided the out-of-competition sample which contained the prohibited substance — and March 22 have been disqualified. He played a Test match for South Africa in that period.
Hamza has played six Tests and an ODI in his career so far.