Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Williams dropped permanently from national team over drug addiction

HARARE Zimbabwe AP Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Sean Williams won t be selected for his country again after disclosing that a drug addiction was the reason he skipped specific matches the national federation commented Tuesday Zimbabwe Cricket held an assessment into why Williams suddenly withdrew from the squad on the eve of a Twenty World Cup qualifying competition in September During the inquiry Williams disclosed that he has been struggling with drug addiction and has voluntarily entered rehabilitation ZC mentioned in a message Williams withdrawal was likely because of foreseen drug tests at the competition ZC disclosed Zimbabwe hosted and went on to win the eight-team African tournament to qualify for the T World Cup early next year in India and Sri Lanka ZC did not give any details on which drug Williams admitted using but reported he had a history of disciplinary issues and repeated unavailability though it commended him for entering rehab The -year-old batter will not be considered for the national association again and his contract will not be renewed when it expires at the end of this year ZC noted Williams made his debut for Zimbabwe in and ended up playing for his country for years appearing in tests one-day internationals and T internationals His highest test count of came last December against Afghanistan Another former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor revealed in that his cocaine use led to him being blackmailed by match-fixers Taylor denied fixing any games but admitted accepting from fixers on a visit to India and was banned for years for breaching cricket s anti-corruption code and for testing positive for a cocaine metabolite Taylor who is also returned to the national company in August AP cricket https apnews com hub cricket Source