The South Africa batter offered an out-of-competition pattern on January 17 in Paarl which was discovered to include Furosemide, a substance laid out in Section S5 of the 2022 WADA Prohibited List. Hamza accepted the provisional suspension, which was backdated to March 22, which means he might be eligible to return to cricket on December 22, 2022.
The ICC launch made a degree to say that Hamza wasn’t considerably at fault for the substance present in his pattern with Alex Marshal, the final supervisor – integrity unit, including it was “a timely reminder to all international cricketers that they remain responsible for anything they put into their bodies, to know exactly what medication they are taking so as to ensure it does not contain a prohibited substance and does not result in an anti-doping rule violation”.
“I have never intentionally taken a prohibited substance,” Hamza mentioned in an announcement issued by the South African Cricketers’ Association, “And I am relieved that the ICC determination confirms this fact. The past few months have been difficult for me on a personal and professional level, and I have learnt lessons that I will share with my fellow players.”
Hamza made his Test debut in opposition to Pakistan in early 2019 when he turned South Africa’s one hundredth Test participant since readmission. He made his ODI debut in opposition to Netherlands in November final yr, scoring 56 in a washout. He has performed six Tests in all and had withdrawn from each Test and ODI sequence in opposition to Bangladesh earlier this yr due to “personal reasons”.