Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens has lifted the lid on his fight against anti-corruption charges and says he wants players to learn from his experience of “going through hell.”

The 38-year-old was charged with failing to report an alleged suspicious approach while playing in the Bangladesh Premier League in early 2013 but was cleared by a Bangladesh Cricket Board anti-corruption tribunal in February 2014.

He has now appeared in a DVD produced by the Professional Cricketers’ Association, which will be shown to all county players before the start of the new domestic season as part of an updated anti-corruption code.

Stevens was playing for the Dhaka Gladiators when he was asked by the team owner if he would captain the side against Chittagong but was then informed that Mohammad Ashraful would still “run the game on the pitch.”

Stevens rejected the offer but was later contacted by the ICC anti-corruption unit, revealing: “It wasn’t too bad at the start but then it got worse and worse and worse. When I got two charges through, I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. It was brutal. It was hours and hours and hours of meetings with my lawyer going through everything, going through how the next six months up to the trial were probably going to pan-out then finally getting out to Bangladesh and going through everything.”

He added: “The trial was in a small room in a bank with cameras everywhere. All different lawyers from all over the place in the same room you just felt claustrophobic.

“I was there for nearly four weeks, five days a week in court. Just sitting there in court was more nerve-wracking than anything I have ever done.

“It was hard. Cricket is my life and has been for 25-30 years. Every day that I was playing it just felt like it was going to be my last game.”

Stevens hopes participating in an education and awareness initiative for the PCA will help other players appreciate the implications of failing to report a suspicious approach.

He said: “I have gone through hell over the last two years. There are so many opportunities around the world now and if Bangladesh did come back up again, I wouldn’t stop anyone going and playing out there.

“I would encourage them to go and play but I don’t want anybody to go through what I went through over those two years.

“If you do come across anything suspicious, just report it immediately.”