Kenyan cricket captain Collins Obuya will miss two warm-up matches for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 qualifying tournament after being suspended for assaulting a fellow player, officials reported on Saturday.
Obuya, a star of Kenya's 2003 World Cup semi-final success, was involved in an altercation with teammate Irfan Karim during a recent tour of Sri Lanka.
The incident occurred in Colombo Cricket Club's dressing rooms after rain stopped play.
Opening batsman Karim was also handed a one-match suspension by the Cricket Kenya disciplinary committee which met on Friday to deliberate on the case.
"Both players have been warned that any future misbehaviour will land a stiffer action being taken against them," the committee said in a statement.
Obuya will not play the two warm-up clashes with Namibia and Hong Kong in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The ICC World Twenty20 qualifying tournament featuring 16 teams is scheduled to start on November 15.
Only six teams from the event will qualify for the World Twenty20 championships in Bangladesh in March.
