Match fixing shocks cricket world
Dark clouds continued over New Zealand cricket amid the Lou Vincent match-fixing affair which has become the country’s greatest sporting scandal.
Former Black Cap Vincent has admitted to fixing 14 games in the England competition and also in the Indian Cricket League.
It is understood Vincent was flown to Dubai, put up in a luxury apartment, given spending money and enjoyed a day on a superyacht after agreeing to manipulate matches in the Indian Cricket League.
And Vincent’s ex-wife, Elly Riley, has told the International Cricket Council (ICC) the ringleader of her then husband's match-fixing was former Black Caps all-rounder Chris Cairns.
She gave information to police and ICC anti-corruption officers last October as part of its investigation.
In a statement to the ICC, she alleges it all started at the rebel Indian Cricket League in early 2008 when Vincent joined captain Cairns in the Chandigarh Lions.
Last week the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) charged Vincent and his former Sussex teammate Navid Arif of Pakistan with fixing the outcome of a 40-over county match between Sussex and Kent in August 2011.
Vincent is also accused of fixing a Twenty20 match between Sussex and Lancashire in the same month.
Sussex coach Mark Robinson told British media about the pain he felt upon discovering that two of his former charges had been allegedly engaged in corruption.
"Obviously the last couple of weeks has been upsetting for everybody connected with the club and especially for the players and coaches involved in that period," Robinson said.
"The stories we've read have caused a lot of distress. We're all deeply shocked. The players' ethos is based on a will to win with a togetherness that means everybody has to drive towards achieving the same goals. The thought that anybody among us, at any time, may have been working against that aim sickens and disgusts us."
It is understood that Vincent was not paid for his "efforts" in the initial ICL, but the trip to Dubai
Cairns, after being interviewed by the England Cricket Board has returned to New Zealand full of defiance, but might have another fight on his hands with the England and Wales Cricket Board investigating whether they can lay charges against him.
He held a press conference at Auckland Airport upon his return from London. He read from a prepared statement and did not take questions as he left to spend "time with my family".
He said he had been interviewed by the Metropolitan Police, the ICC's anti-corruption and security unit (ACSU) and the ECB.
Cairns has rejected all the allegations against him, describing the testimony of Vincent and his ex-wife, Elly Riley, as "despicable lies”.
Dark clouds continued over New Zealand cricket amid the Lou Vincent match-fixing affair which has become the country’s greatest sporting scandal. Former Black Cap Vincent has admitted to fixing 14 games in the England competition and also in the Indian Cricket League. It is understood Vincent was...
Dark clouds continued over New Zealand cricket amid the Lou Vincent match-fixing affair which has become the country’s greatest sporting scandal.
Former Black Cap Vincent has admitted to fixing 14 games in the England competition and also in the Indian Cricket League.
It is understood Vincent was flown to Dubai, put up in a luxury apartment, given spending money and enjoyed a day on a superyacht after agreeing to manipulate matches in the Indian Cricket League.
And Vincent’s ex-wife, Elly Riley, has told the International Cricket Council (ICC) the ringleader of her then husband's match-fixing was former Black Caps all-rounder Chris Cairns.
She gave information to police and ICC anti-corruption officers last October as part of its investigation.
In a statement to the ICC, she alleges it all started at the rebel Indian Cricket League in early 2008 when Vincent joined captain Cairns in the Chandigarh Lions.
Last week the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) charged Vincent and his former Sussex teammate Navid Arif of Pakistan with fixing the outcome of a 40-over county match between Sussex and Kent in August 2011.
Vincent is also accused of fixing a Twenty20 match between Sussex and Lancashire in the same month.
Sussex coach Mark Robinson told British media about the pain he felt upon discovering that two of his former charges had been allegedly engaged in corruption.
"Obviously the last couple of weeks has been upsetting for everybody connected with the club and especially for the players and coaches involved in that period," Robinson said.
"The stories we've read have caused a lot of distress. We're all deeply shocked. The players' ethos is based on a will to win with a togetherness that means everybody has to drive towards achieving the same goals. The thought that anybody among us, at any time, may have been working against that aim sickens and disgusts us."
It is understood that Vincent was not paid for his "efforts" in the initial ICL, but the trip to Dubai
Cairns, after being interviewed by the England Cricket Board has returned to New Zealand full of defiance, but might have another fight on his hands with the England and Wales Cricket Board investigating whether they can lay charges against him.
He held a press conference at Auckland Airport upon his return from London. He read from a prepared statement and did not take questions as he left to spend "time with my family".
He said he had been interviewed by the Metropolitan Police, the ICC's anti-corruption and security unit (ACSU) and the ECB.
Cairns has rejected all the allegations against him, describing the testimony of Vincent and his ex-wife, Elly Riley, as "despicable lies”.
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