Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Nawaz has been sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after testing positive for a cannabis-related substance and breaching the ICC’s anti-doping code on Friday.
The left-arm spinner was handed a three-month ban, which can be reduced to a month upon completion of a rehabilitation programme.
According to the ICC’s media release, Nawaz tested positive for Carboxy-THC, a metabolite of THC, which is a psychoactive component in cannabis. It is classified as a substance of abuse under the ICC’s anti-doping code.
The 32-year-old tested positive following a doping test that was taken after Pakistan’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 match against the Netherlands in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 7.
Nawaz was handed three months of ineligibility backdated to May 1, 2026, as the date he began the voluntary provisional suspension. The Pakistan cricketer has accepted the sanction and also agreed to undergo rehabilitation.
As a result, his provisional suspension had been lifted.
“Subject to Nawaz completing a substance of abuse rehabilitation programme to the ICC’s satisfaction, Nawaz will not be required to serve the remainder of the three month period of ineligibility,” the ICC statement mentioned
