ECB hand Jason Roy suspended two-match ban for undisclosed misconduct
India Today
England opener Jason Roy has been handed a suspended two-match ban for "conducting himself in a manner which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket" and bringing it into disrepute.
England opener Jason Roy has been fined 2,500 pounds and handed a suspended two-match ban from international cricket, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Tuesday. Roy's ban is for the next two England matches for which he is eligible for selection, but has been "suspended for 12 months dependent on good behaviour".
The ECB or the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC), the body that hears disciplinary cases in the domestic game in England and Wales, did not specify the incident he had been charged with.
"The CDC has announced its sanction on Jason Roy after he admitted a charge of conducting himself in a manner which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which may bring the game of cricket, the ECB and himself into disrepute, in breach of ECB Directive 3.3," the board said in a statement.
The CDC further ruled that Roy be "suspended from the next two England matches for which he is eligible for selection, but that punishment should be suspended for 12 months dependent on good behaviour". He was also fined 2,500 pounds ($3,309.75)
The 31-year-old, who has played 98 one-day internationals and 58 Twenty20 internationals for England, earlier this month withdrew from the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying global events in the past three years had taken their toll on him.
