ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier, Mercantile Cricket Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Day 1: Ireland v Zimbabwe.
Pic shows: Zimbabwe’s Precious Marange is congratulated by her teammates after taking the wicket of Irish opener, Cecelia Joyce, for 26
Madhevere, 23, has played in 98 matches across all formats for Zimbabwe, his last a Twenty20 against Ireland on Dec. 10.
Mavuta, 26, featured in the last of his 26 internationals in a one-dayer against the same opponents on Sunday.
“Zimbabwe Cricket has with immediate effect suspended two Zimbabwe international players from all cricket activities, pending a hearing, for allegedly breaching anti-doping rules,” ZC said in a statement.
“The concerned players, Wessly Madhevere and Brandon Mavuta, both tested positive for a banned recreational drug in an out-of-competition case recorded during a recent in-house doping test.”
The suspensions came a day after coach Dave Houghton resigned from his position ahead of a white-ball tour to Sri Lanka in January.
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