{"id":2909,"date":"2024-01-27T16:05:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T08:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/?p=2909"},"modified":"2024-01-27T16:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T08:05:14","slug":"zimbabwe-bans-two-cricketers-for-drug-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/cricket\/zimbabwe-bans-two-cricketers-for-drug-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe suspends two international cricket players for using recreational drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zimbabwean cricketers Wessly Madhevere (23) and Brandon Mavuta (26) face a four-month ban from all cricket activities due to recreational drug use. Additionally, both players have been fined 50% of their salaries for a three-month period, as outlined in a statement by Zimbabwe Cricket on Thursday. Another player, Kevin Kasuza (30), is also suspended for the same offense, pending an appearance before a disciplinary committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All-rounder Madhevere and leg-spinner Mavuta confessed during a disciplinary hearing to violating Zimbabwe Cricket&#8217;s employment code of conduct. Following an in-house test in December where they tested positive for drug use, the duo faced suspension and consequently missed Zimbabwe&#8217;s recent tour of Sri Lanka. According to Zimbabwe Cricket&#8217;s statement, mitigating factors were considered, noting both players&#8217; remorse and efforts to discontinue the habit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/news\/cricket-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><strong>Cricket News Update<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">ZC bans Madhevere, Mavuta as Kasuza also fails drug test<br><br>Details ?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ncmtJiGer\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/6ncmtJiGer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Ww19hD4ph\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/3Ww19hD4ph<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Zimbabwe Cricket (@ZimCricketv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZimCricketv\/status\/1750451692229796097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 25, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Madhevere, making his international debut at 20, was considered one of Zimbabwe&#8217;s highly talented young players but has not fully asserted himself at the international level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mavuta, with 12 wickets in four Tests, has had more modest performances in white-ball internationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kasuza, who recently tested positive for drug use in an in-house test, is scheduled to appear before a disciplinary committee soon. Having participated in seven Test matches, with the most recent in May 2021, Kasuza has not been part of white-ball internationals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwean cricketers Wessly Madhevere (23) and Brandon Mavuta (26) face a four-month ban from all cricket activities due to recreational drug use. Additionally, both players have been fined 50% of their salaries for a three-month period, as outlined in a statement by Zimbabwe Cricket on Thursday. Another player, Kevin Kasuza (30), is also suspended for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":2914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"Zimbabwean cricketers Wessly Madhevere and Brandon Mavuta face a four-month ban from all cricket activities due to recreational drug use.","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[89,1385,1386,1387,1384,1388],"class_list":["post-2909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-international-cricket","tag-madhevere","tag-mavuta","tag-zimbabwe","tag-zimbabwe-crickets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2909\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}