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LOU VINCENT opens up about the sinister world of match-fixing that he was trapped in. Pink bat handles, meetings in Birmingham warehouses, bags full of US dollars and constant threats from gangsters. This interview provides the an incredibly detailed account of match-fixing and corruption in professional cricket.

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"Taken from Episode 18 - Lou Vincent - Road to Redemption: Life after Match-Fixing"

Match-fixing is ‘the action or practice of dishonestly determining the outcome of a match before it is played.’ In this interview, we speak to someone who, themselves, has received eleven life bans for fixing cricket matches.

Before being embroiled in scandal, Lou Vincent was a world-class cricketer, famed for his fearless approach to the game and ability to score runs against any opposition. A hundred on Test debut against Australia is just one on a long list of Lou’s cricketing achievements.

However, his career ended when he was slammed with eleven life bans in 2014, after it transpired that he had been involved in fixing several cricket matches. Never before has Lou gone into so much detail about the sinister world he got entangled in, and over the course of the interview we are given a shocking insight into what exactly he was asked to do by the corrupt fixers, and how they kept him involved through intimidation and fear.

Lou is now seeking redemption, and is looking to turn that period of his life into a positive by educating young sportspeople about the dangers of corruption and match-fixing and he hopes that his experiences can help to ensure that no one else gets tangled up in the same mess he was.

You can see the work Lou is doing at the moment for his community in New Zealand by following @windyridgecricketclub.

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