Odumbe starred for Kenya at last year's World Cup

He will appear at a hearing in May following an investigation by the International Cricket Council's Anti Corruption and Security Unit.

An ICC statement said it was alleged Odumbe had "inappropriate contact with a bookmaker and influenced the results of matches".

The 34-year-old all-rounder has played 61 one-day internationals.

He was a member of the team which were shock semi-finalists at last year's World Cup, averaging 42 with the bat and taking nine wickets duringthe tournament.

Since then he has continued his good form, hitting a career best 207 in January during the Carib Beer Cup competition in the West Indies.

ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed said on the basis of evidence gathered, there was a "prima facie case" against Odumbe.

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Justice Ahmed Ebrahim, a former Zimbabwe supreme court judge, will conduct the hearing.

"The immediate priority for the ICC is to formulate the Terms of Reference and the charges to be laid that will help guide Justice Ebrahim as he carries out this hearing.

"This will be done over the next two weeks," Speed added.

If found guilty, Odumbe could face a ban ranging from two years to life.

News of the inquiry revives the match-fixing controversy which first sprang up when Hansie Cronje was sacked as South African captain in April 2000.

Five players including Cronje, who later died in a plane crash, former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin and Pakistan's Salim Malik were subsequently given life bans following a series of inquiries.

Lord Condon, the head of the ACSU, implemented a series of measures to try and stamp out the problem, one of which saw the appointment of security managers to police the game.

But no player has previously been publicly named by the ICC since he was put in charge of their fight against corruption in the game.