THE cricketing world was rocked by acclaimed South Africa captain Hanse Cronje’s fall from grace in the biggest match-fixing scandal the sport has seen.

South Africa’s World Cup preparations were in disarray midway through their innings in the warm-up clash with Ireland in St Augustine.

ENGLAND’S cricketing revival was brought to a shuddering halt at the start of the Test series with South Africa delivering a brilliant performance which firmly stamped their authority on the opening encounter at Edgbaston.

Stand-in England cricket captain Alec Stewart is to be interviewed by Paul Condon's corruption-busting unit.