West Indies opener John Campbell has been accused of anti-doping violations and he is facing the risk of being banned. According to the West Indies Players, Association, Jamaica’s Anti-Doping Commission has held a preliminary hearing after bringing the allegation charge against Campbell.
According to the West Indies Players’ Association, an inquiry (trial) is scheduled to be held on July 19. However, Campbell’s anti-doping hearing was postponed until next Tuesday, August 2.
The West Indies Players’ Association said in a brief statement that the matter had been adjourned, although it did not say whether any evidence was heard on Tuesday, chaired by Kent Gammon.
The 28-year-old Jamaican opener John Campbell is represented by lawyers Ayanna Thomas and Mark-Paul Cowan of Nunes, Scholfield, De Leon & Co.
Jamaica’s anti-doping agency alleged that the left-hander violated WADA’s whereabouts rule, which requires a player to be suspended three months in advance, and a one-hour period between 5 am and 11 pm each day. When they are available for out-of-competition testing.
Earlier Chief selector Desmond Haynes spoke about opener John Campbell at a press conference. There he said that John will be played well against Bangladesh with the captain.
“You can see that he is very determined. He wants to do well. The way he and Kraigg bat together, they tend to bounce off of each other.”
Batted well with Brathwaite in the concluded Bangladesh Test series. Together they formed 44, one, 100, and 13 good partnerships and Haynes said he will give the team a good start that it hasn’t had in years.
“We’ve given John a run, and we’re hoping he will continue. He looks the part to me. One or two against Bangladesh were a little bit unfortunate… but apart from that, he has given us some good starts, something we weren’t getting years ago.”