Sri Lanka bowling coach and former international seamer Nuwan Zoysa has been charged by the ICC with three breaches of the organisation's Anti-Corruption Code and provisionally suspended with immediate effect.
Zoysa, who played 30 Tests and 95 one-day internationals for his country between 1997 and 2007, has 14 days to respond to the charges, which include a breach of Article 2.1.1: "being party to an effort to fix or contrive or to otherwise influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or other aspect of an international match".
The 40-year-old is also charged with "directly soliciting, inducing, enticing or encouraging a player" to breach Article 2.1.1, and a failure to disclose details of approaches to "engage in corrupt conduct".
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Sri Lanka's three-Test series with England begins on Tuesday.
Earlier this month, former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya was charged with breaches of the ICC's Anti-Corruption Code. Jayasuriya duly stated: "I have always conducted myself with integrity and transparency with matters concerning the sport and I will continue to do so."