International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday (April 4) charged former Sri Lanka cricketer Dilhara Lokuhettige with three counts of breaching its Anti-Corruption Code. 

Lokuhettige, who once played nine ODIs and two T20s for Sri Lanka, has had fixing charges enforced upon him for the second time now. He was previously suspended by the ICC for his involvement in corrupt practices during last year's edition of the T10 League in UAE. 

As per an official ICC media release, Lokuhettige has been charged with the following three offences under the Code: 

Article 2.1.1 – Fixing, contriving or otherwise influencing improperly, or being a party to any agreement or effort to fix or contrive or otherwise influence improperly, the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of any International Match. 

Article 2.1.4 – Directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any Participant to breach Code Article 2.1.

Article 2.4.4 - Failing to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations received by him to engage in corrupt conduct under the Code.

The charges against the ex all-rounder include being party to an effort to fix the result or progress of an international match, and directly soliciting, inducing, enticing or encouraging a player to do the same. 

"He (Lokuhettige) was provisionally suspended by the ICC, which had been appointed by the Emirates Cricket Board as its designated anti-corruption official," the ICC statement further reads. 

"That provisional suspension remains in full force and effect and he has additionally been provisionally suspended under the ICC Code pending the determination of these new charges."

Lokuhettige has 14 days to respond to the latest charges.