"We are not looking for draconian measures. Nobody wants to see police dogs and huge fences on England's cricket grounds.

"I think we need to look at the options but we are having ongoing discussions with the government."

Pakistan coach Richard Pybus also admitted that stringent measures need to be taken to keep fans in order.

He said: "They have got to treated like when any other serious offence is committed. If someone misbehaves in soccer, there is legislation in place."

Lord's measures

Clarke said the ECB will be contacting the MCC about the possibility of temporary fencing for Saturday's Australia-Pakistan final at Lords's.

He said: "That's something we need to talk to MCC about but I am sure they will have seen it in action on Tuesday and will be as comfortable with it as I am.

"I think the temporary fencing achieved what it set out to achieve at Trent Bridge in allowing the players and umpires to get off the pitch safely.

"The head of security for the MCC was at Trent Bridge and will have first hand experience of what happened."

The ICC on Wednesday asked for reports from its member countries into how they controlled crowd problems.