England opener Roy given suspended ban for improper conduct

England opener Jason Roy has been handed a suspended two-match ban for "conducting himself in a manner which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket" and bringing it into disrepute, the country's cricket board (ECB) said on Tuesday.

The ECB or the Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC), the body that hears disciplinary cases in the domestic game in England and Wales, did not specify the incident he had been charged for.

"The CDC has announced its sanction on Jason Roy after he admitted a charge of conducting himself in a manner which may be prejudicial to the interests of cricket or which may bring the game of cricket, the ECB and himself into disrepute, in breach of ECB Directive 3.3," the board said in a statement.

The CDC further ruled that Roy be "suspended from the next two England matches for which he is eligible for selection, but that punishment should be suspended for 12 months dependent on good behaviour". He was also fined 2,500 pounds ($3,309.75)

The 31-year-old, who has played 98 one-day internationals and 58 Twenty20 internationals for England, earlier this month withdrew from the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying global events in the past three years had taken their toll on him. Read full story

Roy was set to feature for the newly formed Gujarat Titans in the T20 competition, which gets underway on Saturday.