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New Zealand cricketer Doug Bracewell has actually been handed a one-month restriction by the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand after examining favorable for drug and its metabolite Benzoylecgonine (BZE) complying with a T20 suit in January 2024. Bracewell was provisionally put on hold without resistance on April 11, complying with an Adverse Analytical Finding from an in-competition examination at the New Zealand Cricket Super Smash T20 suit in between the Wellington Firebirds and the Central Stags in Wellington on 13 January 2024.
“Bracewell tested positive for cocaine and its metabolite Benzoylecgonine (BZE) after a T20 match in January 2024. It was accepted that he had used the cocaine out of competition and for reasons unrelated to sport performance,” Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui stated in a declaration.
Bracewell confessed utilizing drug yet kept that his usage took place out-of-competition, being before twelve o’clock at night on the day prior to the suit, which it was unconnected to sporting activity efficiency.
The Sport Integrity Commission did decline that and competed that the usage needs to have happened in-competition. Expert proof on that particular problem was submitted both by the Commission and Bracewell.
Initially, Bracewell dealt with a three-month restriction which was lowered to one-month permission, backdated to April 11 as he had actually finished a Substance of Abuse therapy program accepted by the Commission.
Rebecca Rolls, Chief Executive of the Sport Integrity Commission Te Kahu Raunui, stressed the wider ramifications of professional athletes’ activities, especially their duty as influencers for more youthful generations.
“Athletes have a responsibility to set a positive example, especially for the Tamariki and Rangatahi who look up to them. Recreational drugs, including cocaine, are illegal and pose significant risks to athletes’ health and safety. Their unpredictable nature makes them dangerous and undermines the integrity of sport,” she said.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive Scott Weenink said Bracewell had let himself down. “NZC is committed to promoting safe and responsible behaviours and is frustrated at this latest turn of events. Doug accepts full responsibility for his error of judgement; the consequences of his behaviour, and the penalty imposed.
“As an organisation, we will continue to provide support for Doug – who is fully aware of our expectations moving forward,” stated Weenink.
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