Wednesday January 28 ’26
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged American batsman Aaron Jones with five breaches of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) and ICC anti-corruption codes.
The charges mainly relate to the 2023-2024 Bim10 Barbados tournament, which falls under the jurisdiction of the CWI Anti-Corruption Code, while two other charges relate to international matches (which fall under the jurisdiction of the ICC Code).
The 31-year-old has been provisionally suspended from all cricket with immediate effect and has 14 days from January 28, 2026 to respond to the allegations.
Jones has been charged with the following crimes:
Violation of Article 2.1.1 of the CWI Code – Improperly repairing, attempting to correct or otherwise influencing the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of matches in the Bim10 Tournament in 2023/20202023/24, or being party to any agreement or attempt to influence the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of matches in the Bim10 Tournament in 2023/20202023/24 2023/20202023/24 inappropriately correct or influence or otherwise inappropriately influence.
Breach of Article 2.4.2 of the CWI Code – Failure to disclose to Cricket West Indies details of any approaches or invitations to engage in conduct that would amount to a breach of the CWI Code.
Violation of Article 2.4.4 of the CWI Code – Failure or refusal to cooperate with a reasonable investigation conducted by the designated anti-corruption officer (or his/her designee) regarding potential violations under the CWI Code.
Violation of Article 2.4.4 of the ICC Code – Failure to disclose to the ICC ACU all details of any approaches or invitations received to engage in corrupt conduct under the ICC Code.
Violation of Article 2.4.7 of the ICC Code – Obstructing the ACU’s investigation into possible corrupt conduct by concealing and/or tampering with information that may have been relevant to the investigation, or that may have constituted or led to the discovery of evidence of corrupt conduct.
These charges are part of a broader investigation that will likely result in further charges against other participants.
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