Hansie Cronje News

A Delhi court, which framed charges against four accused in the 2000 cricket match-fixing scandal case, said some matches of the India-South Africa test and ODI series were fixed and attempts were made to fix other fixtures.

An explosive report this week claimed match-fixing in tennis was repeatedly going unpunished, while corruption claims have also returned to haunt cricket, threatening once again to sully the sport which has been battling to curb the influence of illegal bookmakers on matches.

The police, in its 93-page charge sheet, has named Cronje, Rajesh Kalra, Sunil Dara, Kishan Kumar, the brother of slain T-Series founder Gulshan Kumar, as accused in the case.

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.

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.