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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sampath2009" data-source="post: 10460441" data-attributes="member: 157776">The beleaguered Sri Lanka ODI opener  Upul Tharanga will face an  official ICC panel of inquiry to explain  about his side of the story  following reports that he had been tested  positive for banned drugs,  according to informed sources. The ICC  inquiry will be held in Dubai on  or about June 24. If the Lankan opener  cannot substantiate his innocence  at this inquiry, he stands to face a  maximum two-year ban, the sources  said citing World Anti-Doping Agency  rules. Sri Lanka Cricket which was keeping mum  on the issue last week broke  its silence and issued a statement saying,  “The ICC, has informed Sri  Lanka Cricket that Upul Tharanga has been  tested positive for the  presence of a prohibited substance during a  testing of a urine sample  collected from him after the semi final match  against New Zealand on  March 29, 2011and a disciplinary charge has  been initiated.  “Since there is an ongoing inquiry to  verify this charge, Tharanga  will not be making himself available for  selection until the conclusion  of the inquiry and therefore will not be  available for the ODI and T20  matches in England and the Sri Lanka “A”  Team tour of England.”  Last week, following the Sunday Times  revelation Minister of Sports  Mahindananda Aluthgamage admitted to the  BBC’s Sinhala Service  Sandeshaya that Tharanga was under medication  from Eliyantha White, an  alternate medical practitioner whose clientele  is said to include  President Mahinda Rajapaksa and sportspersons here  and abroad.  The Ministry of Sports also conducted an  independent inquiry on the  Tharanga case. Both Tharanga and White have  given evidence in two  separate sittings, but the findings of the  inquiry are yet to be made  public.  Tharanga will also not be available for  the Sri Lankan T-20 showpiece  Sri Lanka Provincial League (SLPL) where  he was scheduled to lead the  Southern Xl. Sri Lanka Cricket Interim  Committee Secretary Nishantha  Ranatunga said “Tharanga has written us  and said he would not be  available for selection to play any type of  cricket till the present  inquiries are over”.  Tharanga is the second cricketer in the  World rankings to get under  the doping hammer. The first was Australian  legendary spinner Shane  Warne who was suspended by the Anti-Doping  Committee of the Australian  Cricket Board for one year, after finding  him guilty.  Warne returned a positive sample to the  banned drug Moduretic, a  diuretic often used by sports drug cheats to  mask other prohibited  substances including anabolic steroids, which are  often used by sports  men and women to promote rapid tissue healing  after injury.<img src="http://slpl20t20.com/images/stories/upul-tharanga-slpl20t20.com.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/confused.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" data-shortname=":confused:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/confused.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" data-shortname=":confused:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/confused.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":confused:" title="Confused    :confused:" data-shortname=":confused:" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad    :(" data-shortname=":(" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad    :(" data-shortname=":(" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad    :(" data-shortname=":(" /><a href="http://slpl20t20.com/" target="_blank">http://slpl20t20.com</a></blockquote>

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