The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has roped in Alex Marshall, the former head of International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s) Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), as a consultant for one year to oversee its operations.

The move comes in the wake of the BCB’s intention to “enhance its reputation” after being rocked by numerous episodes of match-fixing in recent years.

Besides Marshall, the BCB made appointed Julian Wood as a specialist batting coach for three months and Tony Hemming as head of turf management for two years.

Hemming, who resigned as chief curator of the Pakistan Cricket Board, will also be in charge of all international venues and curators in Bangladesh.

Wood is a power-hitting specialist who recently worked with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).

Marshall was the ICC’s anti-corruption unit general manager until September last year.

These decisions were taken during a meeting of the Board members at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium here on Saturday.

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“We appointed Alex Marshall for one year because we feel we need to enhance our ACU activities. They need to be more vigilant and receive more training,” BCB’s media committee chairman Iftekhar Rahman was quoted as saying by reporters after the meeting.

“We are receiving a lot of complaints regarding corruption. We cannot sit idle, so all we can do is increase our manpower, bring in a proper trainer, and strengthen our ACU activities – that is why we are appointing Alex for one year,” he added.

“He worked with the ICC. We think our ACU needs strengthening, which is why we are bringing him in,” he added.

Rahman also said the ICC’s integrity unit will monitor the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).

Meanwhile, the BCB introduced Mymensingh as the latest first-class team while replacing Dhaka Metropolis, which was introduced in 2011.