Madhevere and Mavuta forbidden from recreational drug usage.

2024.01.26

Zimbabwe Cricket has issued four-month suspensions to national team cricketers Wesley Madhevere and Brandon Mavutua for recreational drug usage.

Madhevere and Mavuta were sanctioned on Thursday (January 25), after confessing to drug usage during a disciplinary hearing last Wednesday. They tested positive for a prohibited recreational substance during an in-house dope test in December. The couple will also be penalized 50% of their salary for three months beginning January 2024.

“Zimbabwe Cricket has a zero tolerance towards drugs and drug taking and, in imposing the sanctions, the Disciplinary Committee considered that drug taking was a serious offence and that the breach by the two players had brought the organisation and the game of cricket into disrepute,” a press release from Zimbabwe Cricket said.

“In taking the decision, the Committee also considered some mitigating factors, with both players showing remorse and having already started working on withdrawing from the habit and getting their systems clean.”

A hearing is still ongoing for Kevin Kasuza, another Zimbabwean cricket player, who has also been barred from any cricket-related activities. Last week, he also failed a drug test conducted in-house. The accusations of violating the board’s employee code of conduct will now be the subject of a disciplinary hearing.

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