{"id":821852,"date":"2026-11-02T16:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/821852\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:00:09","slug":"ireland-women-cricketer-rebecca-stokell-enters-voluntary-suspension-over-medication-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/821852\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland women cricketer Rebecca Stokell enters voluntary suspension over medication breach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ireland women’s cricketer Rebecca Stokell has voluntarily suspended herself after acknowledging an inadvertent breach of International Cricket Council’s anti-doping regulations relating to the reporting requirements for prescription medication.<\/p>\n

Stokell accepted responsibility for failing to comply with the regulations and will remain suspended pending the outcome of an ICC investigation. While the substance involved was not performance-enhancing and the breach was unintentional, the 26-year-old acknowledged she could face a suspension from the game.<\/p>\n

The case bears similarities to that of Australia pacer Megan Schutt, who was recently handed a two-match suspension last month for failing to adhere to guidelines governing prescription medication. Schutt’s breach<\/a> also occurred out of competition and did not involve a performance-enhancing substance. <\/p>\n

“While we feel very sorry for Rebecca and have provided the level of support appropriate in these circumstances, this incident does serve as a reminder to all our international players that the Anti-Doping Rules are in place to protect both the sport and the athletes themselves,” said Graeme West, Cricket Ireland’s Director of High Performance.<\/p>\n

Stokell said she accepted her mistake and hopes to add to her 109 caps for Ireland. She was last in action in the ODI series against England in early September.<\/p>\n

“I fully accept my mistake and have voluntarily entered into a period of suspension ahead of the findings being returned. While this was not performance related in any way, I understand that I am responsible for following the Anti-Doping Guidelines and I hope that I can be back playing for Ireland as soon as possible,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland women’s cricketer Rebecca Stokell has voluntarily suspended herself after acknowledging an inadvertent breach of International Cricket Council’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,47818,269613,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-821852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-ireland-women","tag-rebecca-stokell","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821852","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=821852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}