Top 5 doping cases in cricket

4. Abdur Rehman (Pakistan)

Abdur Rehman

The 33-year old left-arm spinner received a 12-week ban from all cricket after testing positive for cannabis during his tenure at Somerset, in August 2012.

Rehman had just been named in Pakistan’s preliminary squad for the ICC World Twenty20 and had just finished playing a county championship match against Nottinghamshire when he was caught.

Under the terms of his suspension, Rehman was prohibited from playing all forms of cricket until December 2012. His ban was upheld by the Somerset Cricket Club following the announcement by the ECB.

Unlike his fellow countrymen Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif and Danish Kaneria, the left-arm spinner returned to action fairly soon, and is now one of the key players in the side.