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Jaipur, Oct 16: The ICC today said it would not intervene in the doping controversy involving Pakistani fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad
Asif.
ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed said the tests were done outside an ICC event and so the game's world governing would have nothing to do with it.
"The tests were done by the PCB on its own volition ... There is nothing in the ICC Code of Conduct for us to come in," Speed said at a media conference at the Sawai Man Singh stadium here.
Akhtar and Asif returned positive for nandrolone, a banned anabolic steroid, in tests conducted by the Pakistan Cricket Board in September.
Speed said that since PCB was a signatory to the WADA Code, its drug testing programme would have to follow the regulations of the world body for doping control.
"Maybe the WADA could come in. If you remember the Shane Warne incident, WADA asked a few questions. It had the right to appeal but chose not to exercise it," Speed said.
The ICC chief was cautious in his comments about the positive tests.
"It is a disappointing day for cricket. Other sports have faced up to the problem. We need to get the full story," he said. (Agencies)
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