US cricket World Cup hero Jones suspended over multiple corruption charges

Aaron Jones was one of the key US performers at the 2024 T20 World Cup but will now miss the 2026 edition.Published On 29 Jan 2026United 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.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Senegal and Morocco handed fines and bans after AFCON final farcelist 2 of 4China bans 73 and punishes top football clubs in latest corruption scandallist 3 of 4Mbappe blasts Real Madrid after Champions League loss at Benficalist 4 of 4Barcelona claim Champions League last-16 spot, but its the playoffs for PSGend of listUSA 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 celebrates after hitting the winning runs during the men’s 2024 T20 World Cup cricket match between the US and Canada in Grand Prairie, Texas [File: Julio Cortez/AP]Jones was a star of the 2024 edition, which was cohosted by the US, which were also debuting at a major cricket tournament.