The International Cricket Council (ICC) says that it will conduct an investigation the leaking of several thousand ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 tickets into the secondary ticket market.

The ICC made the announcement as a result of a confidential report its executive board in Hong Kong had received criticising the handling of ticket sales and construction of stadiums, during the recently concluded World Cup held in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

“The report highlighted certain shortcomings around ticketing and stadia construction,” the ICC said in a statement recently. “The directors also noted the appointment of forensic auditors to review ticketing during the World Cup, including allegations of ticketing and stadia corruption.”

And this is not the only problem and investigation after the Sri Lanka event:

In addition to the ticket fiasco, another BBC report published earlier this month said: “The initial cost for the building of the new venue in President Mahinda Rajapaksa's hometown, Hambantota, and renovating other two venues in Colombo and Kandy was estimated at 3.5bn Sri Lanka rupees (£1.9m). By the end of the construction, though, the cost had exceeded Rs 7 billion.”

Budget overruns during the World Cup has left the governing body of cricket on the island in dire straits. Apart from their recent request for a government bailout, SLC also sought a bank loan to pay staff salaries last month.