World Cup 2011

Dope testing in 2011 cricket World Cup under WADA

The dope testing programme of next year’s cricket World Cup will fall under the World Anti-Doping Agency Code’s purview as the ICC has become fully compliant with it after accepting the contentious “whereabouts” clause, the global anti-doping watchdog said on Saturday.

“ICC is now fully WADA-compliant, including the ‘whereabouts’ clause and so the 2011 World Cup will be held under the Code,” WADA General Secretary David Howman said.

“We deal with only the ICC and not the BCCI so I won’t comment on them. It is for the ICC to deal with the BCCI. Since ICC is now WADA compliant, the testing programme of the 2011 World Cup will have to be under the WADA Code,” he said after addressing a press conference a day ahead of the launch of the Commonwealth Games.

BCCI and Indian cricketers were opposed to the whereabouts clause as they felt it was invasion of privacy and a threat to the players’ security.