The International Cricket Council (ICC) has provisionally suspended USA batter Aaron Jones from all cricket with immediate effect after charging him over alleged fixing linked to the Barbados-based BIM10 league in the 2023 to 24 season.
The ICC said Jones has also been charged for failing to disclose a corrupt approach to the relevant authorities and for not cooperating with the investigation. This is a provisional suspension, not a final ban, and the ICC has given Jones 14 days from January 28, 2026 to respond to the charges.
ICC confirms charges and immediate provisional suspension
The ICC said the charges involve both the Cricket West Indies anti-corruption code and the ICC code.
“The International Cricket Council (ICC) has charged United States of America (USA) player Aaron Jones with five breaches of the anti-corruption codes of Cricket West Indies (CWI) and the ICC.
“The charges relate predominantly to the Bim10 tournament in 2023-24, which falls under the jurisdiction of the CWI Anti-Corruption Code, with two other charges relating to International Matches (falling under the jurisdiction of the ICC Code).
“Mr. Jones has been provisionally suspended from all cricket with immediate effect and has 14 days from 28 January 2026 to respond to the charges,” the ICC said in a statement.
What the alleged offences are and what the ICC says next
The ICC statement detailed what one of the alleged breaches under the CWI Code relates to.
A breach under the CWI Code relates to “fixing, contriving to fix or otherwise influencing improperly, or being a party to an agreement or effort to fix or contrive in any way or otherwise influence improperly, the result, progress, conduct or other aspect of matches in the Bim10 tournament in 2023/24 (or attempting to do so).”
The ICC also said the second charge is for “failing 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”. The third offence is about “failing or refusing to cooperate with a reasonable investigation carried out by the Designated Anti-Corruption Official (or his/her designee) in relation to possible offences under the CWI Code.” The ICC added that the other two charges are related to obstructing the investigation of the ICC anti-corruption unit.
“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 statement added.
Jones is a 31-year-old New York born cricketer who has represented USA in 52 ODIs and 48 T20s. He last played for the country in April last year.
