England seamer James Anderson is facing a ban of up to four Tests over his clash with India's Ravinda Jadeja at Trent Bridge earlier this month.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Tuesday a full hearing into allegations Anderson "abused and pushed" Jadeja would take place by video conference on August 1.
Anderson could be banned from the fourth Test at his Old Trafford home ground, but will be free to play in the third Test against India in Southampton starting on Sunday -- with his hearing due to take place the day after the scheduled finish of that match.
Should ICC code of conduct commissioner Gordon Lewis, a retired Australian judge, find against him, Anderson would be hit with a ban of up to four-Tests.
The ICC added that counter-charges laid by England against Jadeja would not be heard by Lewis but by match referee David Boon, the former Australia batsman.
However, the "details of this hearing are being worked out and will be announced in due course," the global governing body said in a statement after Lewis held a preliminary hearing via a teleconference, involving the England and Wales Cricket Board, the Board of Control for Cricket in India and their respective lawyers on Tuesday.
Last week India charged Anderson the ICC's code of conduct for what they said was his physical, as well as verbal confrontation with all-rounder Jadeja during the lunch break on the second day of the drawn first Test at Trent Bridge on July 10.
India team manager Sunil Dev accused Anderson of committing a Level Three offence under the ICC code.
England team manager Phil Neale charged Jadeja in response, but only with a lesser Level Two offence in what appeared to be a move designed to avoid admitting a physical confrontation had taken place.
Level Three offences can see a player banned for up to four Tests.
A Level Two offence carries a ban of up to one Test, or two one-day internationals, depending on which type of match is scheduled next for the suspended player.
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