Lou Vincent on Match Fixing: Former star opener of New Zealand cricket team, Lou Vincent has made a big claim regarding match fixing. He has said that he came face to face with the world of match fixing in India. During this, Vincent also mentioned the Indian Cricket League. Lou Vincent has revealed how he was drawn into the world of match-fixing and was part of a gang during the Indian Cricket League, which was shut down in the late 2000s.
Lou Vincent, who played 23 Tests and 108 ODI matches for New Zealand, was banned for life by the England and Wales Cricket Board for match fixing in 2014. However, last year his ban was reduced and he was allowed to participate in domestic cricket.
46-year-old Lou Vincent started his career by scoring a century in Test cricket against Australia, the strongest team of the 2000s. However, after some time he became a victim of depression. Then Vincent was accused of match fixing, later when the allegation was proven true, he was banned. In this way, Lou Vincent’s international career ended at the age of just 29.
Lou Vincent said in an interview to The Telegraph, “I was not mentally strong enough to become a professional player. So at the age of 28, I was in depression. Then I went to India where I was pushed into the world of match fixing. I felt like I was part of a gang and no one knew about us.”
He further added, “I raised myself from the age of 12, so I always got carried away by the people around me. I wanted to find love and hence got lost easily. When you enter that world (match Fixing) then it is not easy to get out of it. There is always some danger in it, because they know you and your family very well.
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