Lou Vincent: Chris Cairns exploited my problems

He was speaking at the Chris Cairns’ perjury trial, the proceedings of which had begun at a London court last week.

After being dropped from the New Zealand team in 2007, Vincent said he suffered from depression and went to play for the Chandigarh Lions in the ICL, a franchise of which Cairns was the captain.

The corrupt approach is important to the case because Vincent alleges Cairns told him “You work for me now” after he told Cairns about Gandhi.

“My heart and soul is out there”. The ICL was not sanctioned by the ICC.

Vincent said he was not interested in gambling, and could not recall using the accounts to bet. Cairns told him to practise getting out. “I could tell by the look on his face that he was fuming”, said Vincent. “I was anxious about what was going to happen”.

“He requested me to spot fix over a three-over period where he wanted the team to score 14 runs”. “And I didn’t know what the consequences would be”.

He said his former captain was “fuming” and summoned him to his hotel room after the match on April 15 2008. “It was a pretty harrowing experience really”.

Mr Vincent said he was initially shocked when Cairns told him about fixing.

Lou Vincent leaving court with wife Susie.

“[Cairns] told me to f*** off because he doesn’t want to see me again”, he said. Later, under cross-examination, Vincent admitted that he had, infact, slept with the prostitute during his first contact with Gandhi.

A former New Zealand cricketer has told a court he was offered a prostitute and £32,500-per-game to fix matches in India. The Kiwi said that he had been suffering from mental health problems and depression at the time and “felt good to be part of the gang”.

“I’ve never lied to the Met Police”. “This was a shambles…it was embarrassing to be out in the field”.

Cairns was so angry he threatened Vincent with the bat in front of Tuffey. “We had to act like we were disappointed”, said Vincent.

In the northern hemisphere summer of 2008, Vincent went to play cricket in England for Lancashire.

The former batsman described Cairns as “the main player” for New Zealand when he started playing for them in 2001.

“What he (Vincent) has said is totally wrong and false”.

According to Vincent, Gandhi ‘pulled out a wad of American dollars and said it was a sponsorship downpayment. “It made me feel great”.

Vincent changed his mind and gave a signal that the fix was off, strode to the pitch determined to do well – and was bowled first ball.

He admitting fixing a match on August 23 and told the jury Sussex cricketer Naved Arif was involved in fixing and introduced him to a “Pakistani businessman” who offered to pay him for underperforming.

Riley provided a statement supporting former husband Vincent’s testimony that Cairns was the ring-leader in the scandal.

Cairns stood to gain money via a spread-betting scheme by influencing the individual performances of fellow players and fixing the results of matches in the Twenty20 competition. “I was on a high”.

But now he claims he is “completely ashamed and embarrassed and gutted, absolutely gutted”.