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The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has set the International Cricket Council a deadline of November 2011 to accept new global anti-doping rules.
Last year, India's cricketers rejected a clause that requires athletes to give details of their whereabouts for an hour a day to the doping authorities. They argued the rule breaches privacy and could pose a security threat.
But Wada's director general David Howman has urged the ICC to force the issue and give India "the final push".
Even though the ICC is a signatory to the Wada code, it has not implemented the so-called "whereabouts" clause, which came into force on 1 January 2009, because of opposition from Indian players, who are backed by their governing body, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Wada's code demands athletes be available for out-of-competition testing for an hour a day, 365 days a year, thereby requiring them to give their whereabouts three months in advance.
It also specifies that athletes must be present for the whole of the hour, not just part of it, while the times of day between which they can specify their location have also been restricted.
The regulations state that three missed disclosures of whereabouts in an 18-month period could result in a two-year ban from international cricket.
Howman, who is in New Delhi to attend an Asia/Oceanic Region inter-governmental meeting on anti-doping in sport, attempted to allay Indian fears over the rules.
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