Lou Vincent

Lou Vincent
Personal information
Born (1978-11-11) 11 November 1978 (age 45)
Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleOpening batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 217)30 November 2001 v Australia
Last Test16 November 2007 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 121)6 February 2001 v Sri Lanka
Last ODI16 December 2007 v Australia
ODI shirt no.40
T20I debut (cap 19)16 February 2006 v West Indies
Last T20I11 December 2007 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1997/98–2012/13Auckland
2005Suffolk
2006Worcestershire
2008Lancashire
2010Northamptonshire
2011Sussex County Cricket Club
2013Khulna Royal Bengals
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 23 102 98 220
Runs scored 1,332 2,413 5,184 6,079
Batting average 34.15 27.11 34.56 30.70
100s/50s 3/9 3/11 10/29 11/30
Top score 224 172 224 172
Balls bowled 6 20 1,009 257
Wickets 0 1 10 7
Bowling average 25.00 53.50 37.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/0 2/37 3/7
Catches/stumpings 19/– 41/– 113/– 128/3
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 May 2014

Lou Vincent (born 11 November 1978) is a former New Zealand cricketer and opening batsman.[1] He has represented New Zealand in Test match, One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket as well as playing for Auckland in New Zealand domestic cricket and Worcestershire and Lancashire in English domestic cricket.

In December 2013, it emerged that Vincent was being investigated by the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit (ACSU) in relation to allegations of his involvement in the spot-fixing of dozens of professional cricket matches, including matches in the Indian Cricket League, the ECB 40, the Bangladesh Premier League and the Champions League Twenty20.[2]

In June 2014, the Bangladesh Cricket Board found him guilty for not alerting authorities that he had been approached and banned him for three years.[3] On 1 July 2014, he accepted that he was involved in match fixing on many occasions.[4] The England and Wales Cricket Board imposed a lifetime ban on Vincent playing in any form of cricket, applying to sanctioned matches by the ECB, the International Cricket Council or any other national cricket federation.[5] On 8 December 2023, his ban from domestic cricket was lifted, it remains in place for international cricket.

  1. ^ "'Time was right to retire', says Lou Vincent". stuff.co.nz. 19 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Vincent gifted Dubai trip for fixes".
  3. ^ "Match-fixing: Mohammad Ashraful banned for eight years". BBC Sport. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  4. ^ "New Zealand's Lou Vincent banned for Life in match fixing case". Patrika Group (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Lou Vincent: Life ban for self-confessed cheat". BBC Sport. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.