National Anti-Doping Panel decision – Tom Wood

The National Anti-Doping Panel has imposed a six month suspension on Derbyshire CCC cricketer Tom Wood after a hearing in June 2022.

Mr Wood tested positive for a prohibited substance in September 2021. The substance – terbutaline – was contained in an asthma inhaler and Mr Wood did not have the relevant Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) in place before the positive test result. His subsequent application for a retroactive TUE was rejected by UKAD’s TUE Fairness Panel in December 2021.

Mr Wood was provisionally suspended by the ECB and was formally charged with two anti-doping rule violations under the ECB Anti-Doping Rules.

Mr Wood admitted the charges, and both the Panel and the ECB accepted that Mr Wood had no intention to breach the ECB Anti-Doping Rules.

As the six month suspension was backdated to January 2022, Mr Wood is now free to play cricket again.

The full decision is available here.

Notes to editors

The case was heard by David Casement QC who is an arbitrator on the National Anti-Doping Panel (NADP). David Casement QC was appointed by the independent sport disputes resolution service Sport Resolutions UK. The NADP is an independent body that determines anti-doping disputes in sport in the United Kingdom.