# Aussie cricket star Chris Lynn’s secret cocaine ban after drug binge following quarter-final victory

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/aussie-cricket-star-chris-lynns-secret-cocaine-ban-after-drug-binge-following-quarter-final-victory/
- Published: 2026-11-06T04:11:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T04:18:28+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/sport/cricket/article-16269949/Aussie-cricket-star-Chris-Lynns-secret-cocaine-ban-drug-binge-following-quarter-final-victory.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Celebrity, Cricket, Entertainment, Health, Medicine, Sport, World

## Key points

- Chris Lynn served a one-month cocaine ban.
- His positive test followed Northamptonshire’s T20 Blast title win.
- He is reportedly set to join the Melbourne Renegades.

## Summary

Chris Lynn served a one-month ban after testing positive for a cocaine metabolite on the day Northamptonshire won the T20 Blast. The sanction became public months after it ended, bringing renewed attention to the 36-year-old’s future in professional cricket.

Lynn said he had used cocaine on 15 July and into the early hours of 16 July, after Northamptonshire’s quarter-final win, and the regulator accepted that it was outside competition and unrelated to performance. His sample was taken on 18 July; a proposed three-month suspension was reduced after he completed a substance-abuse treatment programme, and his ban ran from 31 July to 30 August. He has reportedly agreed to join the Melbourne Renegades, though the signing has not been announced.

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