West Indian Russell could face extended ban


  • Cricket
  • Thursday, 09 Mar 2017

West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell (C front) sits at a desk during a meeting of an independent anti-doping tribunal at the Jamaica Conference Centre next to his lawyers Patrick Foster (L, rear, partially obscured) and Donovan Walker, in Kingston, Jamaica January 31, 2017. REUTERS/Gilbert Bellamy

KINGSTON (Reuters) - West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell is facing the prospect of an extension to his one-year ban for a doping whereabouts rule violation.

Jamaica's anti-doping commission (JADCO) is pushing for the maximum two-year suspension to be imposed on the 28-year-old Russell, who was banned in January for one year.

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