Lahore: Cricket&rsquo;s world governing body is conducting dope tests on four Pakistani players, including leg-spinner Yasir Shah, suspended for three months earlier this year, team manager Intikhab Alam confirmed yesterday.
<img title="Yasir Shah" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/jun/04-Yasir-Shah.jpg" alt="Yasir Shah" /> Yasir Shah
Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq was also tested by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The team can ill afford any positive results, which could have a significant impact on their upcoming tour in England, during which the results are expected to be confirmed.
The ICC, which has been a signatory of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) since 2006, routinely conducts such tests in and out of competition.
Shah was provisionally suspended in December last year after he tested positive for chlortalidone, a masking agent under the WADA list of banned substances. He was barred for three months after he pleaded guilty and told the ICC that he had inadvertently taken his wife&rsquo;s blood pressure medication.
Alam said Shah&rsquo;s test could come under the spotlight. &ldquo;Besides Shah, Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq, one-day skipper Azhar Ali and fast bowler Junaid Khan were also tested but Shah&rsquo;s test could be targeted,&rdquo; he told AFP. Shah is seen as Pakistan&rsquo;s main wicket-taker for the four-match Test series in England, which starts at Lord's from July 14.

Cricket&rsquo;s world governing body is conducting dope tests on four Pakistani players, including leg-spinner Yasir Shah, suspended for three months earlier this year, team manager Intikhab Alam confirmed yesterday.

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