Lou Vincent Banned for Life by England and Wales Cricket Board, Champions League T20

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) on Tuesday announced that the former New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent has been banned from cricket for life after he admitted breaching the ECB's anti-corruption regulations.

Vincent pleaded guilty to 18 breaches of the regulations in total. Four breaches related to a Twenty20 match between Lancashire and Durham in June 2008. The remaining 14 charges related to two fixtures played at Hove in August 2011, namely a Sussex versus Lancashire Twenty20 match and a Sussex versus Kent CB40 match.  

In accordance with the ECB Anti-Corruption Code, Vincent has accepted an agreed sanction of a life ban from all forms of cricket, in the form of concurrent life bans for each of the 11 offences which carried a life ban.  

Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) also announced that former Auckland Aces batsman Vincent has been banned for life from participating in the tournament. It was found that Vincent attempted to corrupt two matches involving the Auckland Aces during the October 2012 CLT20 played in South Africa by entering into agreements with a bookmaker for financial gain.

Six charges related to Vincent's conduct in the October 10, 2012 match between the Aces and Hampshire at Centurion and October 15, 2012 match between the Aces and Kolkata Knight Riders at Cape Town.

Vincent faced a further charge from his conduct during the 2011 CLT20, where he failed to report an approach from a bookmaker. The serious nature of Vincent's actions justified imposing the longest possible suspension under the CLT20 Code of Behaviour.

The terms of the ban, which required the approval of the ECB's independent Cricket Discipline Commission, will prevent him from playing, coaching or participating in any form of cricket which is recognised or sanctioned by ECB, the ICC or any other National Cricket Federation.

ECB Chief Executive David Collier said: "This has been a complex case which has crossed different cricketing jurisdictions and required close collaboration and intelligence-sharing between both our own anti-corruption unit, other domestic boards and the ICC's ACSU.

"We are extremely pleased that the matter has now been brought to a satisfactory conclusion and that an individual who repeatedly sought to involve others in corrupt activity for his own personal gain has accepted that his conduct warrants a lifetime ban from cricket. It once again highlights our resolve to keep cricket clean and rid the game of the tiny minority who seek to undermine the sport's integrity."