Sanath Jayasuriya, one of the game’s greatest one-day batsmen, has been charged with two counts of failing to co-operate with anti-corruption investigators, plunging Sri Lankan cricket into crisis.

It is understood the charges relate to Jayasuriya failing to hand over all his mobile phones and devices to International Cricket Council detectives and not co-operating in interviews during a 12-month investigation.

It is also believed the charges relate to the fourth one-day international between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in Hambantota in July 2017 when Jayasuriya was chairman of selectors. Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka 3-2, their first major series win since 2001.

The action against Jayasuriya, announced on Monday by the ICC, is only part of a wide-ranging series of investigations into Sri Lanka cricket with others individuals also likely to face charges in the coming weeks.

Alex Marshall, the ICC’s head of anti-corruption, was in Sri Lanka last week to brief the England players and also met with the country’s president and prime minister to update them on his investigation. The ICC are lobbying the Sri Lanka government to make match-fixing and cricket corruption a criminal offence.

Last week the ICC charged three Hong Kong players with corruption offences and have been working on an in-depth investigation in Sri Lanka for more than a year.