David Richardson, the ICC's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has asked Al Jazeera to release all material relating to their sting operation for a full and fair investigation.

The Al Jazeera programme "Cricket's Match Fixers", broadcast on Sunday, alleged incidents of spot-fixing in a Chennai match between England and India in December 2016 and the Australia-India Test in Ranchi in March 2017.

Match-fixing has become a major concern for the sport in recent years and the International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an investigation.

ICC aware criminal groups trying to get into cricket: David Richardson

'Spot-fixing' refers to manipulation of part of a game to deliver a given outcome for betting purposes.

The documentary also made allegations that the stadium manager at Galle in Sri Lanka may have doctored the pitch at the behest of fixers and suggested minor Twenty20 competitions had also been targetted.

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"We will conduct a full, thorough and fair investigation," Richardson said in a statement released by cricket's world governing body on Friday.

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"I ask Al Jazeera to release to us all the material they have relating to corruption in cricket. We will conduct a full, thorough and fair investigation and will ensure no stone is left unturned as we examine all allegations of corruption made in the programme. To do so, we need to see all the evidence they state they possess.

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"I am encouraged by their public commitment to cooperate and now ask that they do so, in releasing all relevant material. We understand and fully respect the need to protect journalistic sources and our ACU team have worked with other media companies on that basis. However, to prove or disprove these allegations, we need to see the evidence referred to in the programme."

ICC had launched an investigation into corruption allegations in the sport made in the Al Jazeera documentary.

Richardson had said he was aware of criminal groups trying to get into cricket.

"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 But 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 was quoted as saying by ESPNCricinfo.

(With Reuters inputs)