Cronje match-fixing caused cricket scandal

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.

In 2000 Cronje confessed to accepting about $130,000 (€100,000) from bookmakers for providing them with match information to fix the results of games.

He was banned from the sport for life — a devastating blow to the man who achieved iconic status after leading the South Africa cricket team to victory in 27 Tests, losing 11, and 99 one-day internationals out of 138.