Dubai: The International Cricket Council today announced that it has suspended Hong Kong all-rounder Irfan Ahmed for two years and six months after he admitted to breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

Ahmed was charged with offences under the Code and provisionally suspended by the ICC on November 4, 2015. This followed an investigation carried out by the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), relating in part to the activities of another individual known to the ACU and suspected of making corrupt approaches to participants.