No, it is not another revelation from the Blonde Sheik of Tweak’s love life. But Warney is copping it from Dick Pound, the chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency over Warney’s 2003 drugs ban.
“Cricketer Shane Warne said his mother had given him a diuretic so that he would look slimmer on television, without mentioning the shoulder injury from which he was trying to recover,” the paper quoted Pound as saying in his book.
“The diuretic was a masking agent that could have hidden the possible use of steroids that would help the injury cure faster.
“He had returned to play almost twice as quickly as the experts had predicted.”
Cricket Australia have defended their investigation into Warney’s ill advised pill popping.
CA spokesman Peter Young yesterday defended the penalty.
“We went through a detailed process with a panel consisting of three experts, including Justice Williams from Queensland, and their findings were published in considerable detail and have been on public record for three years,” Young said.
“We are satisfied that we went through a rigorous and appropriate process under the anti-doping laws as they stood at that time.”
One question I have always had iswhat if it was a lesser coddled player rather than Warney that had been caught?
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Bring Back the Currency Lad's blog // Dec 4, 2006 at 3:48 pm
this was always a joke.Can someone tell me how a spin bowler can get his perforamce enhanced by any drug?
Talk about missing the point
Shaun // Dec 4, 2006 at 8:29 pm
It is not about enhancing performance but using drugs to speed recovery from injury. Pound makes that point.
Bring Back the Currency Lad's blog // Dec 5, 2006 at 8:37 am
So what.
I want to see Warney as quick as possible back from injury.
As it is impossible to enhance his performance then apply common sense.
Patrick // Dec 8, 2006 at 9:29 am
I think the ban on steroids is getting silly. If I did something stupid like play tennis, my doctor would be prescribing me steroids a week later if I asked.
Obviously there exists the perverse incentive that players will fake injuries or even deliberately injure themselves so as to get time on steroids, but I doubt it would be so significant. Cricket is an example of a sport in which I can’t imagine someone giving up time in the team just to develop more muscle. The problem would be more acute in sports such as Rugby, but even then I think the simple expedient of having ARL or ARU panels approve any application for use would be enough. The risks of a deliberate injury far outweigh, I would be pretty confident, any advantage from a break on steroids.
Especially when they are already loading on creatine et al.