Overview
- The International Cricket Council announced the sanction on Friday after Nawaz admitted an anti-doping rule violation tied to Carboxy‑THC, a metabolite of cannabis.
- The three‑month period of ineligibility was backdated to May 1, 2026, the date Nawaz began a voluntary provisional suspension that he has now served for about two and a half months.
- The ICC lifted Nawaz’s provisional suspension after he committed to an approved substance‑of‑abuse rehabilitation programme and said the ban will drop to one month if he completes the programme to its satisfaction.
- All of Nawaz’s individual results from Pakistan’s T20 World Cup opener against the Netherlands on February 7 through matches up to May 1 have been disqualified, though match outcomes remain unchanged.
- The ruling removes recent statistics from his record and leaves his immediate return to club or international selection contingent on finishing rehabilitation, with franchise opportunities such as a reported Surrey stint already affected.