Zimbabwe Cricket has allegedly banned players Wesley Madhevere and Brandon Mavuta for four months for recreational drug usage.
During a dope test in December of last year, the two tested positive for a forbidden recreational substance.
According to Cricbuzz, Madhevere and Mavuta received their penalty on Thursday, January 25, after confessing to drug usage during a disciplinary hearing a few days earlier.
The article further stated that the two Zimbabwe cricketers will be penalised 50% of their earnings for three months beginning in January 2024.
ZC has zero tolerance for drugs and drug use, and in imposing the sanctions, the Disciplinary Committee considered that drug use was a serious offense and that the two players’ breach had brought the organisation and the game of cricket into disrepute,” according to ZC’s official release.”
In making the decision, the Committee also considered some mitigating factors, with both players expressing remorse and having already begun working on withdrawing from the habit and cleaning up their systems,” the official statement continued.
Apart from Madhevere and Mavuta, another Zimbabwean player, Kevin Kasuza is alleged to have been barred from participating in any cricket-related activities until a hearing.
It has been stated that he, too, failed a drug test. A disciplinary hearing will be held soon to address the issue.
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Regarding Wesley Madhevere and Brandon Mavuta
Madhevere, 23, has played two Tests, 36 ODIs, and 60 T20Is for Zimbabwe.
While he has yet to score in a Test, the right-handed batsman has 705 runs in ODIs, including five half-centuries, the highest of which is 72.
Madhevere has 1,047 runs in T20Is, with an average of 20.94 and a strike rate of 118.97, including seven half-centuries and a high of 73*.
With his off-spin, the cricketer has taken 13 wickets in both ODIs and T20Is.
Mavuta has played four Tests, 12 ODIs, and ten Twenty20 Internationals for Zimbabwe.
The 26-year-old leg-spinner has 26 wickets in international cricket and one half-century, which came in a Test against the West Indies at Bulawayo in February 2023.
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