{"id":13735,"date":"2026-04-25T00:39:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=13735"},"modified":"2026-04-25T00:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T00:39:50","slug":"130500006-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=13735","title":{"rendered":"Shocking! New Zealand star cricketer banned for cocaine use | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130500020,imgsize-53150,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/nz-team-2404-afp.jpg\" alt=\"Shocking! New Zealand star cricketer banned for cocaine use\" title=\"AFP Photo\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Former New Zealand and Essex all-rounder <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/doug-bracewell\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Doug Bracewell<\/a> has been handed a two-year suspension after testing positive for cocaine during an English County Championship match last year.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Bracewell\u2019s positive test came on September 25, 2025, while he was playing for Essex County Cricket Club against Somerset County Cricket Club at Chelmsford. After being notified of the positive result, Bracewell retired from cricket on December 28.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>The 35-year-old admitted to using cocaine after the first day of the fixture and again in the early hours before the start of play on the second day.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Despite his retirement, Bracewell &#8211; who had signed for Essex for the final three Championship matches of the season &#8211; was still handed a two-year ban by the Cricket Regulator.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>He had previously served a one-month suspension in 2024 after testing positive for cocaine during New Zealand\u2019s \u2018Super Smash\u2019 T20 competition.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>The latest suspension has been backdated to November 24, 2025 &#8211; the date of his provisional ban &#8211; and will remain in effect until November 23, 2027.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/>Bracewell, who represented New Zealand in 69 matches across formats, has accepted the sanction, while Essex will not face any punishment.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>\u201cEssex can confirm that Doug Bracewell failed a routine drugs test in September 2025,\u201d the club said in a statement on Friday.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>\u201cThe club supports the Cricket Regulator&#8217;s decision to impose a period of ineligibility of two years. All employees are required to meet the highest standards of professional conduct.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>\u201cWhile the club does not condone Bracewell&#8217;s behaviour, we are committed to supporting him through rehabilitation in line with our policies and procedures.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/shocking-new-zealand-star-cricketer-banned-for-cocaine-use\/articleshow\/130500006.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: Former New Zealand and Essex all-rounder Doug Bracewell has been handed a two-year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[32653,32651,32649,32650,32652],"class_list":["post-13735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cocaine-use-in-cricket","tag-doug-bracewell","tag-doug-bracewell-ban","tag-doug-bracewell-banned","tag-doug-bracewell-records"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}