{"id":544500,"date":"2026-04-22T11:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/544500\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T11:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:12:09","slug":"pakistans-mohammad-nawaz-under-investigation-for-failed-drug-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/544500\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan’s Mohammad Nawaz under investigation for failed drug test"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pakistan's
\n The test was conducted during the 2026 T20 World Cup<\/p>\n

What’s the story<\/p>\n

Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Nawaz<\/a> is under investigation by the Pakistan Cricket Board<\/a>(PCB)<\/a> after testing positive for recreational drug use, reported ESPNcricinfo.
\nThe result was from a test conducted during this year’s ICC T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka.
\nAccording to a PCB spokesperson, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed the same to the Pakistan board and is now conducting its own inquiry.\n <\/p>\n

Nawaz’s international career<\/p>\n

Nawaz, the spin-bowling all-rounder, has represented Pakistan in 98 T20Is, 44 ODIs, and six Tests.
\n He has over 100 wickets at an average of 20.88 in the shortest format. His last Test appearance came in 2022.
\n Having played all seven matches for Pakistan in the 2026 T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, Nawaz scored 15 runs and took seven wickets.\n <\/p>\n

Nawaz to miss T20 Blast<\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, the PCB had announced that Nawaz had been given a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) to feature for Surrey in England’s T20 Blast.
\n Surrey was expected to announce his signing this week, but according to ESPNcricinfo, the deal has “fallen through” due to Nawaz’s positive drug test result.
\n The club declined to comment on the matter, while the ICC also refrained from commenting.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The test was conducted during the 2026 T20 World Cup What’s the story Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Nawaz is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-544500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}