Morgan wants the ICC to ensure that no player is ever caught doping

United States cycler Lance Armstrong’s shocking revelation about how he took performance enhancing drugs throughout his career has caused players in many other sports to urge their respective bodies in charge to crack down hard on doping.

It was only a matter of time before England batsman Eoin Morgan called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to ensure that strict punishments are handed out to any player caught doping.

“It is up to the ICC to take a hands-on approach and force things so that everyone is on a level-playing ground,” Morgan said.

However, Morgan admitted that it was becoming a real hassle to keep disclosing his whereabouts to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) so that they could test him at any time of the year.

“In the last year or so, I have been tested five or six times,” Morgan revealed. “The process by which we are tested, we need to diary everywhere we are and when we are involved in cricket, so we can be tested anytime of the day anywhere in the world. I think it is well-monitored in cricket. At least, the way I understand it.

“It is a massive hassle for me if I want to do something out of cricket. I have to change my diary if someone wants to come and test me wherever I am.”

Morgan also issued a warning to all players who were even considering to take performance enhancing drugs, saying that they will be caught and punished to the full extent of the law.

“The use of performance-enhancing drugs should obviously be condoned and they should be eradicated from every sport,” Morgan said. “There is no place for using performance-enhancing drugs in cricket. It drags your sport through the mud and nobody enjoys that.”