Lou Vincent (Former New Zealand cricketer): Wife, Age, Match Fixing, Birthday

Lou Vincent is a former New Zealand cricketer, who was born on November 11, 1978 in Warkworth. He was one of the front line batsmen of the Kiwi unit and a medium pacer with ball in hand.

Lou Vincent made his debut in Tests in the year 2001 versus rivals Australia. He burst onto the scene and went on to hit a century, while opening the innings for New Zealand as he became the sixth player of his country to achieve this feat.

Later in the second innings, Vincent went on to score a fifty which made him one of the regulars in the team for quite a few matches.

Having featured in 23 Tests, 102 ODIs and nine T20Is, Lou Vincent’s reputation took a hit as he was banned for life by the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the England Cricket Board in 2014 for spot fixing involvements.

Name: Lou Vincent
Nationality: New Zealand, Warkworth
Born: November 11, 1978
Religion: Christianity
Role: Right handed batsman, right-arm medium pacer

Physical Appearance

Age: 41-years-old
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
School: NA
College: NA

Family

Father-Mike Vincent
Mother-NA
Lou Vincent Wife- Elanor Riley (Separated)

Cricketing Career

International Debut

Test: November 30, 2001 versus Australia
ODI: November 16, 2007 versus South Africa
T20I: February 6, 2006

Final games

Last Test: November 16, 2007 versus South Africa
Last ODI: December 16, 2007 versus Australia
Last T20I: December 11, 2007 versus Australia

Records

Tests: From 23 Test matches for New Zealand, Lou Vincent had scored 1332 runs with an average of 34.15, which includes nine half centuries, three, hundreds and a double ton under his belt.

ODIs: From 102 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for New Zealand, Vincent has scored 2413 runs with an average of 27.11 and a strike rate of 69.88. The former opening batsman also had 11 fifties and three, hundreds to his name.

T20Is: Lou Vincent was a part of just nine T20Is for New Zealand. From those nine games, Vincent scored 174 runs with a strike rate of 100.00 with a total of 42 being his individual best.

Lou Vincent equaled registered 118 boundaries by a batsman in an ODI when he scored 172 versus Zimbabwe in 2005, which were the joint most runs scored through boundaries.

Lou Vincent Match Fixing scandal

Lou Vincent was banned for life by the Bangladesh Cricket Board and the England Cricket Board in 2014 for spot fixing involvements.

Lesser Known Facts

Lou Vincent is the son of well known ABC News Radio sports announcer Mike Vincent.

Lou Vincent was an admirer of cricket since an early age as his father represented Eden Roskill Cricket Club of Auckland.

When Lou Vincent was 15, his parents were separated as Mike and Lou later moved to Adelaide, Australia, where Lou started competing in junior level tournaments. After being snubbed by his coach on quite a few occasions, Lou Vincent flew back to New Zealand at the age of 18.

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