Anti - Doping

The new ICC Anti-Doping Code came into effect on 1 January 2009. The Code is WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) compliant and its provisions have serious implications for international players.

Both FICA and SACA endorse the existance of a credible and uniformly applied anti-doping code to ensure that international cricket remains a clean and drug-free sport.

The ICC Anti-Doping Code introduces:

• measures to enable uniform drug testing in all countries and at all matches
• an International Registered Testing Pool (IRTP) into which a number of South Africa’s top players fall
• both in and out of competition testing for the players in the IRTP
• provisions requiring players in the IRTP to file ‘whereabouts’ information to enable out of competition testing
• a mechanism for a similar code to be adopted in South African domestic cricket
• strict penalties, including bannings, for anti-doping violations

The new code presents many challenges for players, and SACA assists them in their understanding of the code and its requirements.