Bermuda Cricket Board (BCB) have been accused of undermining a bid by banned all-rounder Derrick Brangman to have his playing status reinstated by local anti-doping organisation Bermuda Council for Drug Free Sport (BCDS).

According to existing BCDS policy, Brangman can now apply to resume his playing career having served the minimum time required – three months.

However, according to the player's mother, Leeanna Brangman, local cricket's governing body have dragged their feet.

"We have been trying to get the Board (BCB) to act on the matter but Neil (BCB chief executive Neil Speight) doesn't answer anybody. Neil is holding everything up by not responding to us, which in my opinion is not professional," she argued.

When contacted yesterday, BCB president Reggie Pearman declined to speak about the matter.

"I'm not going to disclose anything because it is confidential information," he told The Royal Gazette.

Under BCDS policy, the onus is on national sports governing bodies, in this instance the BCB, to "forward applications to the BCDS for submission to arbitration".

"The appeal (for reinstatement) has to come via the cricket board (BCB). If they (BCB) send an appeal in it will be dealt with because that's the way it works. The appeal doesn't come from the actual athlete," explained BCDS chairman Jon Beard.

All-rounder Brangman was banned along with two others for failing mandatory national team drugs scans in the lead-up to last February's Stanford 20/20 Tournament in Antigua. One of the trio has since returned to playing for both club and country while the other two are still awaiting to apply for reinstatement.

But according to Mrs. Brangman, her son was never "officially" invited to train with the senior national squad prior to taking the drugs test – nor did he sign a document subjecting him to take such tests that are mandatory for all players at that level.

"My problem with this is that my son had yet to train with the squad and so at the time of taking the test he wasn't even a member of the squad. He didn't sign any documentation or put anything in writing that would've subjected him to taking a drug test," she explained.

"He didn't sign anything and we sent a letter to them (BCB) requesting documentation that proves my son agreed to take drugs tests. Someone from the BCB (Allen Richardson) called and asked my son to take a drug test because they were looking to include him in the national squad."

As a result of the ban, Brangman has not played any domestic cricket this season and his chances of retaining his spot in Somerset's Cup Match team are now beginning to appear bleak despite providing the Board with results of another drugs test he successfully passed recently, a copy of which The Royal Gazette has obtained.

"My son took another test at the Central Diagnostics lab that came back negative. He then took the results to the Board himself but they told him it was not good enough," the player's mother added.

"They (BCB) refused to accept his results because they only recognise the BCDS. However, if you are sent by your job to take a drugs test, do you know where they send you? They send you to the Central Diagnositics laboratory. Are you now going to tell me they are not recognised?

"My son is being held back as though he committed a crime like robbing a bank of something. We have been waiting since April to get this matter sorted out and something has got to happen.

"I'm not condoning what my son is alleged to have done. However, nobody is perfect and everyone deserves a second chance."