October 9, 2009 5:11 AM

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OCC suspends WADA's "whereabout" clause

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to "suspend" the 'Whereabouts Clause' of the World Anti-Doping Agency until the concerns of Indian players' about it are resolved. The decision was taken after an executive meeting of the world body inn Johannesburg . ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat siad that there is a need to find a solution to this practical problem. The ICC will soon discuss the code with WADA and in a Board meeting scheduled three months from now. It will decide whether to implement the code or not. Until then, the ICC will continue testing players without using the contentious clause.The clause requires players to give their whereabout details a month in advance for out of competition testing and the Indian players have opposed it, saying it infringes on their privacy and poses a threat to their security. The Board for Cricket Control in India wants ICC to either persuade WADA to scrap the clause or make a cricket-specific code.

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