Yasir Shah suspended for breaching ICC anti-doping code

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Pakistani bowler Yasir Shah has been charged with an anti-doping rule violation under the ICC Anti-Doping Code as announced by the International Cricket Council. The sample Yasir provided in an in-competition test, which was conducted on 13th November 2015, was found to contain the presence of chlorthalidone, a prohibited Substance which appears in Section 5 of the WADA Prohibited List (in the category of Specified Substances).

In accordance with the ICC Anti-Doping Code, pending the outcome of the disciplinary process, he has been provisionally suspended. The matter will now be dealt with in accordance with the process set down in the Code, and until such time as the process is resolved, the ICC will make no further comment on this matter.