# Ireland cricketer Stokell in voluntary suspension over medication error

> Rebecca Stokell has begun a voluntary suspension after testing positive for a non-performance-enhancing substance and failing to report prescription medication use.
- Title: Ireland cricketer Stokell in voluntary suspension over…
- Summary: Rebecca Stokell has begun a voluntary suspension after testing positive for a non-performance-enhancing substance and failing to report prescription…
- Keywords: rebecca stokell, ireland cricket, anti-doping, women's t20 world cup, medication error, icc, sports, Ireland, cricketer, Stokell, voluntary, suspension
- Source: BBC Sport — https://bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c6n9rngrplggo
- Published: 2026-11-02T14:44:30.547+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: rebecca stokell, ireland cricket, anti-doping, women's t20 world cup, medication error, icc, sports
## Stokell tests positive at World Cup
The International Cricket Council confirmed the twenty six year old Ireland cricketer returned an adverse finding for a specified substance after her side's defeat by Sri Lanka at the twenty twenty-six Women's T twenty World…
## Medication not performance-enhancing
Although the substance was not performance-enhancing, Rebecca Stokell acknowledged she did not adhere to reporting requirements over the use of prescription medication.

> I fully accept my mistake and have voluntarily entered into a period of suspension ahead of the findings being returned.
## Stokell begins voluntary suspension
Stokell has started a voluntary period of suspension while waiting for the outcome of an ICC investigation.
## Key takeaway

Ireland cricketer Rebecca Stokell has voluntarily suspended herself after an anti-doping breach involving unreported prescription medication at the twenty twenty-six Women's T twenty World Cup.