Anti-corruption forces are assessing evidence of widespread fixing obtained from the former New Zealand Test batsman Lou Vincent, including allegations relating to matches in the English domestic Twenty20 Cup and Pro40 competitions. 'Vincent, 35, who revealed in December he would co-operate with detectives and confessed to an International Cricket Council tribunal investigating fixing in Bangladesh earlier this year that he had been approached by an illegal bookmaker, has provided the names of players he claims were involved in spot-fixing and allegations over which matches were targeted, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph.' (Guardian, 15 May) Capitalism corrupts everything it touches even the once thought of sacrosanct game of cricket. RD
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