Former Hampshire Chief Constable Alex Marshall is to take over as the International Cricket Council's new anti-corruption unit (ACU) general manager.

The ICC has announced 55-year-old Marshall's forthcoming appointment, which he will take up in September.

ACU chairman Sir Ronnie Flanagan said: "I am very pleased to announce the appointment of Alex Marshall as the new general manager.

"Alex brings with him from his distinguished police career, a tremendous wealth of knowledge, expertise, experience and commitment which I know will further bolster the ACU in its fight against corruption in cricket."

Marshall will be the ACU's fourth general manager, and will succeed Yogendra Pal Singh

Marshall joined Hampshire Constabulary in October 2008, having previously served with the Metropolitan Police Service, Cambridgeshire Constabulary, and Thames Valley Police, where he was deputy chief constable.

During his four years with the constabulary, Marshall led the force in delivering a significant reduction in the total number of crimes committed in the two counties, from 89.6 per 1,000 of the population to 68.6 per 1,000 of the population in 2011.

Campaigns such as Operation Nemesis, targeting domestic burglary, have seen the numbers of burglaries committed decrease from 15.2 per 1,000 households to 6.8.

Marshall left Hampshire in early 2013 to take up a position as the chief executive of the new national College of Policing.

The announcement of that appointment was made in the House of Commons by then Home Secretary Theresa May.