Mohammad Nawaz: A shameful news has come out for Pakistan cricket and its fans. According to this news, Pakistan cricket team’s spin all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has been banned by ICC. Nawaz has been banned for 3 months by the International Cricket Council (ICC). This ban has been imposed on them for consuming intoxicants. Nawaz has accepted the violation of ICC anti-doping rules.
He has confessed to the crime of using banned substance in the dope test, now action is going to be taken against him. ICC has banned him for three months. However, after Mohammad Nawaz completes the rehabilitation program, his sentence will be reduced to one month.
π¨ ICC SANCTIONED NAWAZ π¨
Nawaz was tested positive for Carbozy-THC during T20 World Cup 2026.
Nawaz accepted it and said that it wasn’t used for performance enhancement.
ICC imposed a backdated (7 FEB to 1 MAY) ban on him, his performance during that phase, won’t be counted. pic.twitter.com/JHa3BIhSSu
β Ahmad Haseeb (@iamAhmadhaseeb) July 17, 2026
Mohammad Nawaz banned
In fact, Pakistan’s spin-bowling all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has accepted a three-month ineligibility (which will be reduced to one month upon completion of the Substance of Abuse Treatment Program) for breaking the ICC Anti-Doping Code. The 32-year-old player tested positive for Substance of Abuse (Carboxy-THC) under the ICC Anti-Doping Code.
Pakistan spin-bowling all-rounder has been sanctioned under the ICC Anti-Doping Code.
β ICC (@ICC) July 17, 2026
His dope test was conducted on February 7 after Pakistan’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 match against Netherlands in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Nawaz admitted his mistake and showed that the substance was used outside of competition, outside of sporting performance. For this reason, he has been given three months of ineligibility, which will be backdated from May 1, 2026, the date from which he started his voluntary provisional suspension.
π¨ Mohammad Nawaz Sanctioned for ICC Anti-Doping Code Breach
Pakistan spinner Mohammad Nawaz has been sanctioned after testing positive for Carboxy-THC following Pakistan’s T20 World Cup 2026 match against the Netherlands in Colombo on 7 February 2026.
Nawaz accepted the⦠pic.twitter.com/j9ksrODnYR
β Abu Bakar Tarar (@abubakartarar_) July 17, 2026
Apart from this, after accepting the punishment and committing to the rehabilitation program, Nawaz’s provisional suspension has been removed, because he had completed two and a half months of suspension. If Nawaz completes a Substance of Abuse Rehabilitation Program to the ICC’s satisfaction, Nawaz will not be required to serve the remaining three-month period of ineligibility. According to the ICC Anti-Doping Code, Nawaz’s record in the match against Netherlands on February 7 and thereafter till May 1, 2026 has been disqualified.
π¨ As required by the ICC Anti-Doping Code, Nawaz’s records from the match against the Netherlands on 7 February and in subsequent matches until 1 May 2026 have been disqualified.
β Mian Ahmad (@aHmADmIaN150) July 17, 2026
Mohammad Nawaz’s international career
| Format | match | Turn | not out | Run | highest score | average | strike rate | century | half century | fours | sixes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 6 | 10 | 1 | 144 | 45 | 16.00 | 41.60 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| ODI | 44 | 33 | 8 | 538 | 59 | 21.50 | 89.50 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 18 |
| t20 international | 98 | 69 | 17 | 911 | 45* | 17.50 | 133.40 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 48 |
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