{"id":396281,"date":"2026-04-25T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/396281\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T01:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T01:00:09","slug":"former-new-zealand-cricketer-doug-bracewell-banned-for-cocaine-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/396281\/","title":{"rendered":"Former New Zealand cricketer Doug Bracewell banned for cocaine use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">He previously served a one-month ban in 2024 after testing positive for cocaine during New Zealand\u2019s Super Smash Twenty20 event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">The two-year suspension is backdated to November 24, 2025, the date of his provisional ban, and will run until November 23, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">Bracewell, who played in 69 matches for New Zealand across all formats, has accepted the ban and Essex will not face punishment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cEssex can confirm that Doug Bracewell failed a routine drugs test in September 2025,\u201d the club said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe club supports the Cricket Regulator\u2019s decision to impose a period of ineligibility of two years. All employees are required to meet the highest standards of professional conduct.<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWhile the club does not condone Bracewell\u2019s behaviour, we are committed to supporting him through rehabilitation in line with our policies and procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"npuzLaxKHxgCDhG\" style=\"display:none\">\u2013 AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He previously served a one-month ban in 2024 after testing positive for cocaine during New Zealand\u2019s Super Smash&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":396282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[74,103860,26977,1558,107632,18239,20926,2986,66405,47530,2837,11908,204735,2082,2740,19724,685,10543,117,111,139,69,2989,213,12066,11408,1231,6306,379,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-396281","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-after","9":"tag-allrounder","10":"tag-banned","11":"tag-been","12":"tag-bracewell","13":"tag-championship","14":"tag-cocaine","15":"tag-county","16":"tag-cricketer","17":"tag-doug","18":"tag-during","19":"tag-english","20":"tag-essex","21":"tag-for","22":"tag-former","23":"tag-given","24":"tag-last","25":"tag-match","26":"tag-new","27":"tag-new-zealand","28":"tag-newzealand","29":"tag-nz","30":"tag-positive","31":"tag-sports","32":"tag-suspension","33":"tag-testing","34":"tag-twoyear","35":"tag-use","36":"tag-year","37":"tag-zealand"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}