Tharanga to face ICC doping panel
Sri Lanka opener Upul Tharanga will appear at an International
Cricket Council (ICC) hearing later this week to answer doping charges,
officials said Monday.
Tharanga tested positive for a banned drug after Sri Lanka's World
Cup semi-final against New Zealand in March, and will face the panel at
the ICC headquarters in Dubai on Friday.
Sri Lanka Cricket secretary Nishantha Ranatunga said Tharanga's case
was fixed for June 24 and local media reported that the 26-year-old had
already hired a lawyer to defend him at the hearing.
The batsman has claimed he was given a steroid by a high-profile
Colombo-based faith healer, who also treats other international players,
for an asthma-related problem.
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