ICC drops whereabouts clause for time being

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to suspend the ‘whereabouts’ clause in the anti-doping code while they continue to engage with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on the contentious issue. In the mean time,the cricket body will continue in-competition and out-of-competition drug testing of all international cricketers without applying the ‘whereabouts’ clause.

“We need to find a solution to the practical problem India is having,which is a constitutional issue of the country,which is why we decided to suspend the ‘whereabouts’ clause,” Haroon Lorgat,the ICC CEO,said in Johannesburg on Wednesday. The system was to start from August 1 but was stalled after the 11 Indian cricketers in the pool,including Sachin Tendulkar,refused to reveal the required information citing security and privacy concerns.