<p>Globetrotting West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell has been banned from all cricket for a year over a doping code violation, his Australian Twenty20 club said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 28-year-old did not file his whereabouts on three occasions in 2015 as required, which constitutes a failed drugs test under World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) guidelines.<br /><br />His punishment was handed down by the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission on Tuesday.<br /><br />"We are devastated for Andre," said Sydney Thunder general manager Nick Cummins, in confirming the outcome.<br /><br />"We haven't seen the written judgement, but given the circumstances surrounding the filing failures we thought he had a good chance of being exonerated.<br /><br />"We will monitor the appeals process and assess our options."<br /><br />Under WADA's whereabouts rules, elite athletes must supply details of where they will be for one hour each day to facilitate drug tests.<br /><br />Russell played the first five games of the Big Bash League this year for Thunder before withdrawing due to injury and being replaced by international teammate Carlos Brathwaite.<br /><br />Sydney Thunder director of cricket Mike Hussey said he felt for Russell.<br /><br />"I feel for him. He's been going through a really tough time of late with all the 'whereabouts' saga going on and he's been waiting to hear the finding of that hearing," Hussey told the Cricket Australia website.<br /><br />"I want him to go away and get better physically but also mentally." <br /></p>
<p>Globetrotting West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell has been banned from all cricket for a year over a doping code violation, his Australian Twenty20 club said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The 28-year-old did not file his whereabouts on three occasions in 2015 as required, which constitutes a failed drugs test under World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) guidelines.<br /><br />His punishment was handed down by the Jamaican Anti-Doping Commission on Tuesday.<br /><br />"We are devastated for Andre," said Sydney Thunder general manager Nick Cummins, in confirming the outcome.<br /><br />"We haven't seen the written judgement, but given the circumstances surrounding the filing failures we thought he had a good chance of being exonerated.<br /><br />"We will monitor the appeals process and assess our options."<br /><br />Under WADA's whereabouts rules, elite athletes must supply details of where they will be for one hour each day to facilitate drug tests.<br /><br />Russell played the first five games of the Big Bash League this year for Thunder before withdrawing due to injury and being replaced by international teammate Carlos Brathwaite.<br /><br />Sydney Thunder director of cricket Mike Hussey said he felt for Russell.<br /><br />"I feel for him. He's been going through a really tough time of late with all the 'whereabouts' saga going on and he's been waiting to hear the finding of that hearing," Hussey told the Cricket Australia website.<br /><br />"I want him to go away and get better physically but also mentally." <br /></p>