“We are obviously very much aware there are these types of individuals and types of criminal groups around world who are trying to get into cricket, trying to get hold of players, trying to get hold of groundsmen,” he was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo at the sidelines of a 2019 World Cup event in London on Wednesday, May 30.

“It was reminder that these guys are at work and they are not going away and we’ve got our work cut out trying to disrupt them.”

Richardson’s comments come soon after the Al Jazeera documentary that aired on Sunday, which highlighted spot-fixing in cricket and alleged that three England and two Australian players had agreed to score at a specific rate for certain periods in matches played against India in Chennai and Ranchi last year.

Al Jazeera has not yet shared raw footage with the ICC so far, but a meeting in the “next couple of days”, Richardson expected the television network to aid in their investigation.

“I’m sure they will work with us,” he said. “After all they have stated in the programme itself that their objective is to highlight the problem and make sure the world knows about it.

“Hopefully that level of cooperation would be there and we will be there to get all the evidence needed to fully investigate and make sure if there has been any wrongdoing that we get to the bottom of it and deal with it appropriately.”