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Match-fixing: ECB charges ex-Sussex cricket players Lou Vincent and Naved Arif

Former Sussex cricketers charged with several match-fixing offences around Kent 40-over and Lancashire Twenty20 matches in August 2011

Former Sussex players Lou Vincent and Naved Arif have been charged with match-fixing offences by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

The ECB announced charges yesterday against former New Zealand batsman Vincent and pace bowler Arif, who played for Pakistan A, relating to the 40-over match between Sussex and Kent at Hove in August 2011.

Vincent is also charged, among a total of 14 offences in relation to a Twenty20 match between Sussex and Lancashire in the same month.

The players, neither of whom play in England any more, face lifetime bans — effective worldwide — if the charges are proven.

The ECB said in a statement: “The England and Wales Cricket Board has issued charges against former New Zealand cricketer, Lou Vincent, and former Sussex cricketer, Naveed Arif, under the ECB’s anti-corruption code.”

The statement added: “Vincent is charged with a total of 14 offences in relation to two county matches played under the ECB’s jurisdiction in August 2011 — a Twenty20 match between Sussex and Lancashire and a 40-over game between Sussex and Kent.

“Naveed Arif is charged with six offences in relation to the 40-over game between Sussex and Kent in August 2011.

“Both players have been provisionally suspended from all cricketing activities organised, authorised or supported by the ECB, International Cricket Council, any other national cricket federation and any member of any other national cricket federation.”

Vincent is already under investigation by the ICC for alleged match or spot-fixing.

There is no suggestion that any other player from either Sussex or Kent was involved.

Chris Watts, head of the ECB’s anti-corruption unit, said: “This has been an extremely complex and lengthy investigation co-ordinated across many jurisdictions around the world.”

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