(CMC) – The disciplinary hearing into allegations that West Indies cricketer John Campbell violated the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) whereabouts rule has been adjourned until August 2.
At a preliminary hearing on July 6, a trial date had been set for Tuesday, July 19 at 10:00hrs.

The West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA), which is supporting Campbell, issued a brief statement informing that the matter has since been adjourned, but did not state whether any evidence was heard on Tuesday by the Kent Gammon-chaired independent anti-doping disciplinary panel.

The Jamaican is represented by attorneys-at-Law Ayana Thomas and Mark-Paul Cowan of Nunes, Scholfield, DeLeon & Co. in the matter.
The Jamaica Anti-Doping Agency (JADCO) has alleged that the 28-year-old left-handed opener violated WADA whereabouts rule which requires an athlete to specify for a period of three months in advance, a one-hour period in every single day between 05:00hrs and 23:00hrs when they will be available for out-of-competition testing. The athlete must advise where they will be for this hour and must make sure that they are at this specified location at the specified time.

Under WADA’s anti-doping rules, any combination of three whereabouts failures – filing failure and/or missed test – within a period of 12 months constitutes an anti-doping rule violation, and an athlete can be banned from his/her sport for up to two years. That can be reduced to a minimum of one year depending on the athlete’s degree of fault.