Jayasuriya is the former Sri Lanka Cricket chair of selectors and admitted not cooperating with an investigation and destroying evidence.

He has admitted two breaches of the code, the first being Article 2.4.6, the failure or refusal, without compelling justification, to cooperate with any investigation carried out by the ACU, including failure to provide accurately and completely any information and/or documentation requested by the ACU as part of such investigation.

The second was Article 2.4.7, obstructing or delaying any investigation that may be carried out by the ACU, including concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information that may be relevant to that investigation and/or that may be evidence or may lead to the discovery of evidence of corrupt conduct under the code.

He has accepted a a two-year period of ineligibility from cricket with the case relating to mobile phones containing information which were reportedly destroyed.

The conviction is part of a wider investigation into corruption in Sri Lankan cricket.

An amnesty was held by the ACU which has allowed 11 players and other participants to come forward with new information.

"This conviction under the code demonstrates the importance of participants in cricket cooperating with investigations," said Alex Marshall, ICC's general manager of the ACU.

"Compelling participants to cooperate under the code is a vital weapon in our efforts to rid our sport of corruptors. 

"These rules are essential to maintain the integrity of our sport.

"The amnesty has worked very well and has delivered significant new and important intelligence.

"This new information has assisted a number of our ongoing investigations and has resulted in some new investigations getting underway.

"I am very grateful to those who participated in the amnesty and as a result of the information shared we now have a much clearer picture of the situation in Sri Lanka and our investigations are continuing."

Sri Lankan cricket has been rocked by a number of scandals in recent years, including a match-fixing controversy revealed by an Al-Jazeera television documentary last May.

Former fast bowler Dilhara Lokuhettige was suspended for corruption linked to a 2017 limited overs league in November, while another former bowler, Nuwan Zoysa, was charged with violating anti-corruption laws alongside Jayasuriya. 

Sri Lanka's Sports Minister Harin Fernando said that was his country was cricket's "most corrupt" nation to AFP  following a meeting with the ACU last month.