Lou Vincent's Life Ban Partially Lifted, Allowed to Participate in Domestic Level Cricket
Cricket Discipline Commission revises ban citing Vincent's efforts to make amends since 2014.
- Lou Vincent, the former New Zealand batter who received 11 life bans for match-fixing, has had his punishment partially relaxed following an appeal.
- Vincent remains banned from international cricket, but can now participate at the domestic level or below.
- The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) revised the ban, citing Vincent's 'very best efforts to make amends' since being banned in 2014.
- Vincent admitted to 18 breaches of the England and Wales Cricket Board's anti-corruption rules in three English domestic matches played in 2008 and 2011.
- Vincent's appeal was supported by the International Cricket Council, New Zealand Cricket, the ECB, and the New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association.