Vaughan hopes players learn Maynard lessons
- Published: 27 Feb 2013 at 20.43
- Online news: Sports
Former England captain Michael Vaughan hopes the increased testing for recreational drugs promised by cricket chiefs following the death of Surrey batsman Tom Maynard will "frighten" anyone still using them.
Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan pictured during a press conference in Birmingham, central England, on June 30, 2009. Vaughan hopes the increased testing for recreational drugs promised by cricket chiefs following the death of Surrey batsman Tom Maynard will "frighten" anyone still using them.
A coroner's inquest in central London was told on Monday that Maynard was nearly four times above the legal alcohol limit for driving and had taken cocaine and ecstasy before he was electrocuted and hit by a train in June last year.
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