Maurice said he had been approached by a middle man of a bookmaker to throw a match Katherine Maloney

Katherine Maloney was giving evidence at a disciplinary inquiry in Nairobi, which could lead to Odumbe being banned from the game.

She said Odumbe once told her how he had asked five or six other players to help him throw a match.

The couple are currently in the middle of divorce proceedings.

Odumbe is accused of having "inappropriate contact with a known bookmaker, and receiving money, benefit, or reward from that bookmaker."

If found guilty, he could face a ban ranging from two years to life.

He was charged following an investigation by the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit.

Maloney told the hearing she had been "very unhappy" about Odumbe's relationship with bookmaker Jagdish Sodha, who she claims he described as a "gangster".

She described how, in 2002, she collected a large roll of money from him at a hotel in the Kenyan capital.

"He handed me a roll of American dollars. I was uncomfortable and expressed concern about all this money.

"He said the money was for a pharmaceutical business," Maloney said.

Defence strategy

Odumbe's lawyer Ishan Kapila later said he would present written submission to the inquiry panel on Friday and would not be calling Odumbe to testify.

On day two of the hearing, Anti-Corruption investigator Martin Hawkins told how Odumbe made four trips to meet Sodha in India before last year's World Cup.

"Odumbe said he had been introduced to Sodha as someone he could take part in a solar lighting business with when he retired from cricket.

"Sodha would also provide medicine for his mother, who had hypertension," said Hawkins.

Odumbe, 35, has played 61 one-day internationals for Kenya and captained the team to a famous World Cup victory over West Indies in 1996.