LONDON - Former England wicketkeeper Paul Nixon has given his account of a meeting with an Indian businessman that led to an offer of £5-million (R64-million) to fix one of Leicestershire's Twenty20 matches.
In an extract from his autobiography, Keeping Quiet, published in the Mail on Sunday, Nixon said he was offered the "absurd" amount of money in 2010 and also accepted an anniversary gift from the businessman, named as "K", before he realised his true intent.
In an echo of other fixing scams, Nixon - who retired last year after Leicestershire won their third English domestic Twenty20 trophy - said K had become a friend.
Nixon wrote that he only realised K's purpose some time later. "A lot of people have made a lot of money in India," Nixon was told. "And you could make a lot of money in England ."
K identified a match against Durham. "K made it plain that if I could help things go a certain way in that game, I could make myself very wealthy," Nixon wrote. Nixon reported the incident to officials, but not before he had given an equivocal answer to K. Nixon told K he would not take up his offer two weeks before the match.
England keeper was offered R64m
LONDON - Former England wicketkeeper Paul Nixon has given his account of a meeting with an Indian businessman that led to an offer of £5-million (R64-million) to fix one of Leicestershire's Twenty20 matches.
In an extract from his autobiography, Keeping Quiet, published in the Mail on Sunday, Nixon said he was offered the "absurd" amount of money in 2010 and also accepted an anniversary gift from the businessman, named as "K", before he realised his true intent.
In an echo of other fixing scams, Nixon - who retired last year after Leicestershire won their third English domestic Twenty20 trophy - said K had become a friend.
Nixon wrote that he only realised K's purpose some time later. "A lot of people have made a lot of money in India," Nixon was told. "And you could make a lot of money in England ."
K identified a match against Durham. "K made it plain that if I could help things go a certain way in that game, I could make myself very wealthy," Nixon wrote. Nixon reported the incident to officials, but not before he had given an equivocal answer to K. Nixon told K he would not take up his offer two weeks before the match.
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