Australian T20 Star Chris Lynn Hit With Ban For Using Cocaine

Chris Lynn has been handed a ban for one-month period (Credit: ECB)

The England Cricket Regulator announced on Friday that big-hitting Australian T20 player Chris Lynn had finished a drug abuse program and served a one-month penalty for cocaine use. On July 18, during the T20 Blast Finals Day in England, the Big Bash League's all-time top run scorer tested positive during a standard anti-doping test. The results were only made public by England's Cricket Regulator on Friday, and he was a Northamptonshire player at the time. Additionally, he attested to the batter's participation in a drug rehabilitation program.

"The Cricket Regulator has imposed a one-month suspension on former Northamptonshire Steelbacks cricketer Chris Lynn. The period of suspension has now been served," it said.

Benzoylecgonine, a cocaine metabolite, was present in trace amounts in Lynn's sample. The anti-doping infraction was later acknowledged by him.

“The Cricketer’s urine sample was sent to the WADA-accredited Laboratory in the Laboratoire Anti-Dopage, France for analysis and returned Adverse Analytical Findings (“AAF") for cocaine’s Metabolite benzoylecgonine," the report from Cricket Regulator said.

“Cocaine is listed under section S.6A of the 2026 WADA Prohibited List as a Stimulant. It is a non-Specified Substance that is prohibited…

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