Sir Ronnie Flanagan, who has served as an independent chair of the ICC Anti-Corruption Unit since 2010, will retire at the end of October. His retirement news comes after Alex Marshall decided to retire as the head of the ACU in November. Flanagan is an experienced senior police officer, having served in the rank of Home Office Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland and was the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland. He took over from Lord Paul Condon, who founded the ACU in 2001 as its director. Appointed by the ICC in 2000, Condon accepted the challenge of growing concerns about cricket and match-fixing. Under his management, the ACU was instituted, and it forced life bans on three captains, charged with involvement in match-fixing: Mohammad Azharuddin, Saleem Malik, and Hansie Cronje. Under the work of Condon, a structure began to be built that protected cricket from corruption; Flanagan continued this mission during his tenure. As his tenure was coming to an end, Condon threatened that T20 cricket, in general, and the domestic franchise leagues were the greatest danger to cricketing integrity. The next heard was the 2013 IPL corruption scandal. In June of the same year, at the annual conference of the ICC, Flanagan urged cricket boards to implement stricter laws on anti-corruption. This time it was the rules that would bring in accountability for any corrupt practices among the players, match officials, and franchise owners of domestic T20 leagues to prevent such scandals from occurring in the future. The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced in a statement on Monday that they intend to present their "recommendation" of the next ACU chairman during the quarterly meetings in October. Also Read | Lasith Malinga Reacts to Kohli's 'Malinga Bana Hua Hai' Comment in IND vs BAN 1st Test