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Ed Giddins, the Sussex bowler, was yesterday named as the cricketer at the centre of the drugs allegations after being charged by the Test and County Board with using a prohibited substance and bringing the game into disrepute.
's governing body had previously refused to name the Sussex player who failed a drugs test on 2 June this year until they made further investigations.
But yesterday the TCCB revealed the identity of the 25-year-old seamer and ordered him to appear in front of the discipline committee to answer three charges.
Giddins has met the doping control panel, headed by the Nottinghamshire chairman, Alan Wheelhouse, on several occasions since drug traces were found in two samples last month.
The doping control panel, whose powers are restricted to a pounds 1,000 fine and four days suspension, referred the matter on to the discipline committee, who have the authority to impose unlimited punishment.
A TCCB statement confirmed: "Following investigations by the doping control panel, charges have been brought against Mr E S H Giddins of Sussex County Club.
"These charges...will be laid before the TCCB discipline committee on Monday 19 August."
Giddins, who toured Pakistan with England A in 1995-1996 and is riding high in the first-class averages this season, could face a lengthy ban if found guilty at the hearing.
Giddins is charged with using a prohibitive substance, that the substance was found in a urine test given by him as a result of a doping control test carried out on 2 June 1996, and with bringing the game into disrepute.
The only previous player to have been punished by the TCCB for drugs- related offences was Ian Botham, who admitted taking cannabis in 1986 and was banned until July that year.
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