Ed Hawkins, author of the award-winning Bookie, Gambler, Fixer, Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld on corruption in cricket, has detailed the depth of Vincent's admissions to the International Cricket Council's investigators after seeing the report compiled the game's governing body.
The former Black Caps batsman's admissions include:
• Being offered a woman and cash to fix matches
• That he was threatened by a world-famous international after a fix failed to come off
• Identifying 12 games around the world which involved fixing including three games in England between 2008 and 2011
• That he began fixing in 2008 when playing in the Twenty20 Indian Cricket League for Chandigarh Lions
• Accusing at least six players he played with of being involved in corruption
The newspaper reveals that signs the fixes were "on" ranged from the colour of Vincent's bat handle to pulling away when the bowler was running in.
He was usually instructed to score 10 to 15 runs from 20 deliveries and then get out.
The article quotes ICC documents where Vincent is alleged to have told investigators:
"When you're under whatever this power is that (the world-famous international) has over me, I felt I couldn't say "no" to him . . . I didn't want to throw away the chance of getting all that money."
Vincent's involvement began when he met an Indian, known as VG, and he was offered a woman and $15,000. When he told his famous friend he is understood to have said 'you are now working for me'.
However, during one ICL match Vincent failed to do what he was supposed to and accidentally hit a ball for six when attempting to be stumped.
He felt the wrath of the famous cricketer and Vincent is quoted as saying: "He waved a bat around close to my head and threatened to hit me with it. He said I'd cost him millions and accused me of fixing for someone else."
Vincent then went on to fix matches in English county cricket and in the 2012 Twenty20 Champions League in South Africa for Auckland.