Former Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj Kumar revealed at a literary fest in Mumbai that the BJP-led NDA government had instructed to stop investigations after the CBI filed its report on the 2000 match-fixing episode involving former South African skipper Hansie Cronje

Ewie Cronje has said he plans to move court because the Indian police had known since 1981 that match-fixing was occurring, but did nothing about it.

Ali Bacher was reacting to the news that Delhi Police have named deceased former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje as an accused in the match-fixing scandal of 2000.

The case dates back to the year 2000 when the Crime Branch of Delhi Police revealed that an India-South Africa One Day International (ODI) match played in March was fixed.

Frans Cronje, brother of the former South African skipper who was the first to admit to match-fixing in 2000, expresses surprise that players haven't learnt any lessons from his brother's sensational fall from grace.

Williams on Saturday admitted that he along with teammate Gibbs had lied at the King Commission of inquiry in 2000 about accepting an offer of USD 15,000 from Cronje to under-perform in an ODI against India in Nagpur.

Norman Arendse stepped down as CSA president after a vote of no confidence on him two years ago, but wanted to return as CSA implements transformation plans recommended by Nicholson inquiry instituted by Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula last year.

The current controversy related to the payment of IPL bonuses to chief executive officer Gerald Majola and other Cricket South Africa staff is worse than the match-fixing scandal, involving the then skipper Hansie Cronje, feels former CSA chief Norman Arendse.

Former South Africa opener Herschelle Gibbs will emerge unscathed from any new probe by Indian authorities into the match-fixing saga in 2000 involving now deceased captain Hansie Cronje, his lawyer Peter Whelan told the daily Business Day on Wednesday.

Nearly a decade after his death, former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje will be one of the recipients for posthumous honours.