United States batter Aaron Jones has been provisionally suspended after being charged with five breaches of the International Cricket Council (ICC) anticorruption code, the governing body says.
The 31-year-old has 14 days to respond to the charges, which relate mostly to his participation in the 2023-2024 Bim10 tournament in Barbados, while two of the charges relate to international cricket, the ICC said.
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USA Cricket did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside normal business hours.
The ICC accused Jones of fixing, trying to fix or influencing Bim10 matches; refusing or failing to cooperate with an investigation; obstructing the inquiry; and failing to disclose attempts to violate the Cricket West Indies anticorruption code.
“These charges are part of a wider investigation which is likely to result in further charges being issued against other participants in due course,” the ICC said in a statement on Wednesday.
Jones was part of an 18-member US squad training in Sri Lanka in preparation for the T20 World Cup, scheduled from February 7 to March 8 in India and Sri Lanka.
The US has yet to announce its squad for the tournament, and Jones is now ineligible for selection.
Jones was a star of the 2024 edition, which was cohosted by the US, which were also debuting at a major cricket tournament.
He was an integral part of the team that beat Pakistan in what is regarded as the greatest cricketing upset of all time, scoring 11 runs in the super-over victory.
Jones also hit an unbeaten 94 in the seven-wicket win against Canada, which included hitting the winning runs to produce one of the iconic images of the tournament.
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