LONDON — Pakistan’s Abdur Rehman has been banned for 12 weeks by the England and Wales Cricket Board after testing positive for cannabis while at Somerset.
Report by BBC Sport
The 32-year-old spinner was brought to Taunton as the club’s overseas signing. Rehman failed a drugs test following day two of their County Championship game with Nottinghamshire on 8 August — his first four-day match.
His ban runs until December 21, meaning he will not be able to play for Sialkot in the Champions League Twenty20. “Somerset fully supports the action taken by the ECB,” said the county’s chief executive Guy Lavender.
“The club does not condone the use of illegal drugs in any circumstances and all Somerset players are made fully aware of this policy on a regular basis.”
