Pakistani cricketer suspended 2 years for doping

Raza-Hasan

Pakistani batsman Raza Hasan scrambles to make his ground during the International T20 match between Australia and Pakistan. (Kamran Jebreili/AP)

LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan international cricketer Raza Hasan has failed a doping test and the Pakistan Cricket Board says it has banned the 22-year-old left-arm spinner for two years.

The PCB says it received "an adverse analytical finding for the presence of a prohibited substance" in Hasan’s urine sample, but didn’t specify which.

Hasan was tested in January during a domestic competition in the southern port city of Karachi.

The spinner didn’t respond to a notice from the PCB for a hearing in March and has been subsequently banned for two years.

Hasan made his international debut with a Twenty20 against Australia in the United Arab Emirates in 2012 and took 10 wickets in as many T20s.

He also took one wicket for 68 runs in his only one-day international against New Zealand at Dubai last year.

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