Cricket’s governing body the ICC has admitted that the popularity of Twenty20 cricket has increased the risks of corruption in the game, but insisted extra vigilance was in place to monitor them.

Ever since the Twenty20 was introduced in February 2005 the shortest version of the game has overtaken traditional five-day tests and limited overs one-day internationals in popularity.

Besides the six editions of the world Twenty/20, most of the member countries have their own Twenty20 leagues with the lucrative Indian premier league (IPL), which began in 2008, the most high-profile version.

The IPL was hit by a spot-fixing scandal in 2013 which resulted in two-year bans on two of its franchise teams.

The Pakistan Super League and Bangladesh league were also rocked by fixing scandals which ended in bans on several players.

The bottom line is that the International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive David Richardson said his body was ready to do extra work.

Twenty20 matches have increased the number of fans, have attracted new fans and with more people following the game there is a bigger risk that there could be efforts to corrupt those matches.