Northamptonshire Steelbacks batter Chris Lynn was handed, and served, a one month ban following a positive drug test for cocaine after the club won the T20 Vitality Blast final on July 18th.

The Cricket Regulator confirmed that Lynn produced an Adverse Analytical Finding (AAF) following a drug test taken on Finals Day and an investigation was launched.

Lynn’s urine sample was sent to the WADA-accredited Laboratory in the Laboratoire Anti-Dopage, France for analysis and returned Adverse Analytical Findings (“AAF”) for cocaine’s Metabolite benzoylecgonine meaning that it was a violation of cricket’s anti-doping rule.

Cocaine is a substance banned “In Competition” but the investigation found that Lynn had taken the drug on the night of July 15th into the early hours of July 16th outside of competition.

Having also provided evidence supporting this position the regulator accepted that Lynn’s use of cocaine amounted to an out-of-competition ADR violation and was unrelated to sporting performance.

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