{"id":810486,"date":"2026-10-22T15:34:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/810486\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:34:14","slug":"australia-bowler-megan-schutt-apologises-after-ban-for-medication-misuse-australia-womens-cricket-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/810486\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia bowler Megan Schutt apologises after ban for medication misuse | Australia women’s cricket team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian women\u2019s cricket stalwart Megan Schutt has been banned for two matches for a prescription medication breach. Schutt has apologised in the wake of her ban, announced on Thursday, which is not related to performance-enhancements.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old strike bowler served the first match of her suspension on Thursday night when Australia\u2019s T20 international with New Zealand was washed out in Sydney. Schutt failed to adhere to requirements under Sports Science and Sports Medicine guidelines with regard to prescription medication, Cricket<\/a> Australia (CA) said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fully accept the penalty handed down and apologise for failing to meet the standards expected of me,\u201d Schutt, a mainstay of Australia\u2019s women\u2019s team since her debut in 2012, said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m sorry for the attention this has caused and appreciate the support I\u2019ve received.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile this occurred out of competition and was not performance related, I understand that I am responsible for following the Sports Science and Sports Medicine Guidelines, which players receive regular education on and I should have adhered to these guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cricket Australia said Schutt\u2019s breach related to \u201ca single incidence which occurred while out of competition and was not for performance enhancing purposes\u201d. It added in a statement: \u201cThe two-match ban includes all international and domestic cricket. We will continue to provide appropriate support to Megan and reinforce the standards and responsibilities expected of everyone representing our game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schutt is among the top-10 all-time wicket-takers in women\u2019s cricket. The South Australian has taking 319 wickets in her 244 internationals \u2013 four Tests, 114 ODIs and 126 T20s. The bowler most recently played for Australia in the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh, when she starred with 10 wickets in the series.<\/p>\n

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Schutt is expected to serve the second game of her ban when her Adelaide Strikers open their WBBL campaign against the Melbourne Stars on 31 October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian women\u2019s cricket stalwart Megan Schutt has been banned for two matches for a prescription medication breach. Schutt…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-810486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810486","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=810486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}