ICC suspend Oman batsman Yousef Al Balushi on anti-corruption charges

The 29-year-old is alleged to have breached four counts of the governing bodies' code in relation to the men's T20 World Cup Qualifier in the UAE

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Oman's Yousef Al Balushi has been suspended with immediate effect after being charged with breaching four counts of the ICC's anti-corruption code.

The allegations regarding the 29-year-old all surround the men's T20 World Cup Qualifier, which was held in the United Arab Emirates in October and November 2019.

Al Balushi, who was not included in his country's squad for the competition, has 14 days to appeal against the charges, which are as follows:

Article 2.1.1 – being party to an agreement or effort to fix or contrive in any way the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of matches in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers 2019.

Article 2.1.4 – Attempting to solicit, induce, entice, persuade, encourage or intentionally facilitate a Participant to breach Article 2.1.

Article 2.4.4 – failing to report the approaches or invitations that you received from three different individuals to be a party to an agreement or effort to fix matches in the ICC World T20 Qualifiers 2019.

Article 2.4.7 - Obstructing or delaying an investigation carried out by the ACU in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Code, including by concealing or tampering with information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence of or lead to the discovery of evidence of Corrupt Conduct under the Code.

On the eve of the tournament last year, three UAE players were charged by the ICC on anti-corruption charges, while a fourth has since been suspended.