DHAKA, Aug 20, 2025 (BSS)-The Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) newly appointed anti-corruption consultant Alex Marshall has emphasized on designing a new integrity unit to protect the country's cricket from the corruptors. 

Marshall, who was the ICC's anti-corruption unit general manager until September last year, has been appointed by the BCB for a year.

He met with the BCB president Aminul Islam Bulbul and the directors at a local hotel in the city on Tuesday and later addressed the media to share his vision.

 "The reason I'm here is to work with the President and the Board to design an integrity unit which protects the sport from all the different threats," he said.

We will make sure that the Bangladesh players, the women and the men who play for the country, are properly protected, he added. 

"I met today with the President and the CEO and some of the Board members. They are incredibly supportive of making sure that the sport is protected."

 "So we will design an integrity unit and the aim of that is to make sure everyone is educated, they understand what the threat looks like and what they need to look out for, that the team itself has the security and the protection around them, and that we make sure the corruptors are chased away."

Marshall stressed on looking at every aspect of the BPL, including team ownership structure, to make the tournament less susceptible.

"The biggest threat to any franchise league around the world is when it appears vulnerable," Marshall said. "That's why we need to ensure the BPL does not give off that impression."

"The way the tournament is run, how finances are managed, and how team ownership is structured - all of these must be handled at a high, professional standard and properly safeguarded."

He said that the biggest threat in cricket is coming from corruptors. "So there's the threat of doping and all sports have to comply with the world rules on doping."

"There's always a risk of safeguarding, which is the risk of people suffering abuse, but the biggest threat in cricket is from corruptors all over the world looking for an opportunity to find a player who they can bribe to underperform."