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CA goes tough on doping

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Cricket Australia (CA) decided on Sunday that Shane Warne and any other player serving a drug ban would be prevented from training with the state and national squads.
The decision came two days after Warne, Australia's leading wicket-taker, pre-empted any CA decision by announcing he would not take part in any formal training for the remaining six months of his ban.
Warne said he would train by himself and with friends but those friends cannot be any of his Australian teammates. His 12-month suspension ends next February.
"In the light of legal opinions from a number of sources, we have reviewed our interpretation of that part of our (anti-doping) policy which says that suspended players should not receive assistance," CA chairman Bob Merriman said in a statement.
"Our previous view had been that attending training, particularly to give help to members of the team, was consistent with both the word-
ing and intention of our policy.
"However, on consideration of argument that attending is a form of assistance, we have reviewed and agreed we should take a broad rather than narrow interpretation of the wording of the policy.
"As such, directors have
resolved that players suspended under the anti-doping policy should not attend training with the national, state or territory or affiliated club teams, and should not train with any Cricket Australia-contracted players.
"In the case of Shane Warne, we note that he has already volun-
teered to not attend training. But the directors believed there was still a principle that needed addressing hence the resolution made at the board meeting.
"This is not an issue about an individual player. This is an issue about getting the ideal right, and the ideal is for drug-free cricket."
CA is continuing to examine a closer alignment with World Anti Doping Authority (WADA) policy, Merriman added.
WADA chairman Dick Pound had described a bid by the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) in July to allow Warne, 33, to train with the national team during his ban as "against the spirit of the game".
Warne, the second highest wicket-taker in Tests with 491 victims, was banned for 12 months after testing positive for diuretics in February, missing Australia's World Cup campaign.
However, the federal government, in support for the WADA, put the squeeze on Cricket Australia by threatening to withhold more than one million (650,000 USD) in funding unless it changed its drug policy.
The government said that practising was tantamount to receiving assistance, which was not allowed under the terms of Cricket