Andre Russell

Andre Russell

Question: Recently which of the following player has been banned for one year from cricket for a whereabouts clause violation by an independent anti-doping panel in Kingston?
(a) Dwayne Bravo
(b) Andre Russell
(c) Chris Gayle
(d) Marlon Samuels
Ans: (b)
Related facts:

  • West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell has been banned for one year from cricket for a whereabouts clause violation by an independent anti-doping panel in Kingston.
  • The ban is effective from January 31, 2017 and will last until January 30, 2018.
  • A three-member tribunal comprising Hugh Faulkner, Dr Marjorie Vassell and Dixeth Palmer, a former Jamaica cricketer, found Russell guilty of being negligent in filing his whereabouts on three separate occasions within a 12-month period in 2015.
  • In March 2016, the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission pressed charges of negligence against Russell for not filing his whereabouts on January 1, July 1 and July 25 in 2015.
  • Because of this under the World Anti-Doping Agency rules – amounted to a failed dope test.

Reference:
http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/1080431.html