The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday banned test cricketer Abdur Rehman for indefinite period of time after ECB banned him for three months for taking a prohibited substance, cannabis. “He is out of champions league and cannot play any level of domestic cricket,” said a spokesman of PCB here on Wednesday while reacting on the ban imposed on the cricketer by the ECB. “We have asked the ECB to send us all the details and information regarding his case and once we get all the documents we will decide his case and till than he is banned to play cricket,” he added. Meanwhile ECB announced on Wednesday that Somerset CCC’s unqualified cricketer, Rehman, who was tested positive for a prohibited substance, cannabis has accepted a twelve-week suspension from cricket for his doping offence. Laboratory analysis of a sample provided by. Rehman at the LV= County Championship match on 8 August 8, between Somerset and Nottinghamshire confirmed the Adverse Analytical Finding for cannabis, which is a prohibited substance under the ECB’s Anti-Doping Rules and the World Anti-Doping Code. Rehman’s period of suspension will run until midnight Friday December 21st, 2012. Somerset CCC Chief Executive Guy Lavender said on Wednesday : “Somerset County Cricket Club fully supports the action taken by the ECB. The club does not condone the use of illegal drugs in any circumstances and all Somerset players are made fully aware of this policy on a regular basis. Rehman said: “I apologise to my family, the PCB, the ECB, Somerset County Cricket club, my teammates and my fans. “It was an error of judgement on my part that will cost me dearly and I would like it to be a lesson to all others in sports and elsewhere. “I will do my best to stay fit and focused during my suspension and god-willing will be available for selection for the India series should the PCB see it fit for me to be selected.” Rehman, the 32-year-old left-arm spinner, failed the drugs test on Aug. 8 during a county championship match against Nottinghamshire, the ECB said in a statement.
