Security at the Australian cricket team's hotel in Colombo has been beefed up after an intruder found his way into players' rooms and propositioned them for sex.



Australian team management notified the International Cricket Council, and it's understood an investigation has concluded the man did not have betting or match-fixing connections.



"The man had gone into a player's room offering his services as a male escort," a police officer told AFP.



"The player refused and he barged into another room when the Australians alerted hotel security."

However, the scare caused security at the hotel to be tightened for the remainder of the World Twenty20 event.

"It was a minor and isolated incident, involving an over-enthusiastic cricket fan, which was reported immediately by the Australia team management to the ICC and relevant authorities," an ICC spokesman said.



"The tresspasser has been dealt with by the law and the security for the tournament has been briefed and tightened."



Cricket Australia declined to comment on the matter and the players have not been named.



A Sri Lankan man, who made his way to the hotel floor at the Cinnamon Grand used by the Australian team, was arrested and appeared in a Colombo court.



He pleaded guilty to breaking and entering, and was fined 1000 rupees and handed a one-month suspended jail sentence.