Advantage for Sachin & Co!
Updated On: 02 August, 2009 09:40 AM IST | | Ian Chappell
Ian Chappell says that tough dope tests will help cricketers gain in credibility
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Ian Chappell says that tough dope tests will help cricketers gain in credibility
It's easy to understand the concerns of both players and administrators as the ICC seeks to iron out the wrinkles in its recently adopted comprehensive drug testing policy.
The players are naturally worried about an invasion of privacy. For their part, the ICC don't want to be seen as an administrative body that went soft on the players and was out of step with the major sports around the world.
In a recent interview on the subject of the ICC's drug testing, the CEO Haroon Lorgat made a crucial point; "We hope to ensure that our sport remains fair and clean." If international cricketers want to better understand why this is so critical they only have to study what a damaging effect performance enhancing drugs (Peds) have had on Major League baseball in America. Baseball's failure to implement a drug testing policy until the middle of this decade is having a disastrous on-going effect on the way players of recent vintage are perceived.
It's easy to understand the concerns of both players and administrators as the ICC seeks to iron out the wrinkles in its recently adopted comprehensive drug testing policy.
The players are naturally worried about an invasion of privacy. For their part, the ICC don't want to be seen as an administrative body that went soft on the players and was out of step with the major sports around the world.
In a recent interview on the subject of the ICC's drug testing, the CEO Haroon Lorgat made a crucial point; "We hope to ensure that our sport remains fair and clean." If international cricketers want to better understand why this is so critical they only have to study what a damaging effect performance enhancing drugs (Peds) have had on Major League baseball in America. Baseball's failure to implement a drug testing policy until the middle of this decade is having a disastrous on-going effect on the way players of recent vintage are perceived.
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