November 19, 2011 7:19 PM

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WI woman cricketer Tremayne Smartt suspended for failing dope test

Indies woman cricketer Tremayne Smartt was on Saturday suspended for five months by the ICC for failing a dope test after a Twenty20 match against Pakistan in September. The ICC said in a statement that Smartt has been found guilty of committing an anti-doping rule violation under Article 2.1 of the ICC Anti-Doping Code (the ICC Code) and has been suspended from all cricket and cricket-related activities for a period of five months. The 26-year-old batter, who has played 15 ODIs and 12 Twenty20s for West Indies , provided a urine sample as part of the ICC's random in-competition testing programme on September 11. Her sample was subsequently tested by a World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory and was found to contain Furosemide. This is classified as a 'Specified Substance' underWADA's Prohibited List and is prohibited both In-Competition and Out-of-Competition. Smartt is entitled to appeal within 21 days of the receipt of the written decision.

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