Hansie Cronje
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Nobody believes Vinod Kambli because nobody wants to
Cricket Columns on Dream Cricket &bull Nov 21, 2011
It is facile to say that India lost to Sri Lanka because skipper Mohammad Azharuddin decided to field on winning the toss. It was a bad decision as it turned out - we are talking about the 1996 World Cup semifinal against Sri Lanka - but in the first seven overs of the match it had appeared to be a masterstroke. Sri Lanka lost the openers… Full Story »
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Basil D'Oliveira 4 October 1931 - 19 November 2011
99.94 &bull Nov 19, 2011
It will be for others who saw more of his play to write of Basil D'Oliveira the cricketer and the man, so I shall largely confine my remarks primarily to Basil D'Oliveira The Idea. To anyone under the age of… Full Story »
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Delhi Police to re-open match fixing cases
Cricket News on rediff &bull Nov 18, 2011
Even though the Board of Control for Cricket in India [ Images ] is tightlipped about the recent allegations made by Vinod Kambli, former India opener Chetan Chauhan feels that the Board should seriously look into the matter. Kambli, earlier,… Full Story »
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Gibbs will remain unscathed in probe: Lawyer
That's Cricket on One India &bull Nov 17, 2011
Johannesburg, Nov 16: Former South Africa opener Herschelle Gibbs will emerge unscathed from any new probe by Indian authorities into the match-fixing saga involving now deceased captain Hansie Cronje in 2000, his lawyer Peter Whelan told the daily Business Day… Full Story »
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Book Review: Caught Out - By Brian Radford
Cricket Columns on Dream Cricket &bull Nov 17, 2011
It is an eerie feeling reading this rather lurid book even as the sentence is being passed down on the three Pakistan cricketers, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, by a court in London on corruption and fixing charges of which they have been found guilty. The entire murky 'spot-fixing' episode from last year's Lord's Test match involving seemingly innocuous no-balls bowled deliberately for high stakes warrants… Full Story »
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All nations fixed matches, not just Pakistan - Condon
Cricket News on Dream Cricket &bull Nov 17, 2011
LONDON (AFP) - All of cricket's leading countries were involved in the fixing of major matches, not just Pakistan, the sport's former chief anti-corruption investigator said Tuesday. In the late 1990s, Test and World Cup matches were being routinely fixed," Paul Condon, the founding head of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit, said… Full Story »
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Gibbs will remain unscathed in renewed probe, says lawyer
Cricket News on rediff &bull Nov 16, 2011
Former South Africa [ Images ] opener Herschelle Gibbs [ Images ] will emerge unscathed from any new probe by Indian authorities into the match-fixing saga involving now deceased captain Hansie Cronje [ Images ] in 2000, his lawyer Peter… Full Story »
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'Fixing started in the late 1990s'
Cricket 365 &bull Nov 16, 2011
All of cricket's leading countries were involved in the fixing of major matches, not just Pakistan, the sport's former chief anti-corruption investigator said on Tuesday. This month a British court jailed three Pakistan cricketers for deliberately bowling no-balls in a Test against England at Lord's last year in order… Full Story »
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ICC have to be tougher, ban countries: Condon
Cricket News on Dream Cricket &bull Nov 7, 2011
Former Pakistani cricket bowler Mohammad Aamer (2nd R) arrives at Southwark Crown Court in London, on November 2. LONDON (AFP) - Countries who lack the resolution to deal with corrupt cricketers should be barred from the sport the first head… Full Story »
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Cordon wants harsher sanctions from ICC
Cricket 365 &bull Nov 6, 2011
Countries who lack the resolution to deal with corrupt cricketers should be barred from the sport the first head of the International Cricket Council (ICC) anti-corruption unit Lord Condon told the BBC on Sunday. The 64-year-old former head of the… Full Story »
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Pakistan cricket scandal: all too easy the descent into hell
Cricket News on Guardian UK &bull Nov 5, 2011
The outcome of the trial of the three Pakistani cricketers is an occasion for deep sadness. There is first the sadness at the humiliation and disgrace attaching to colleagues; fellow professionals, members of that small group of players lucky enough to have played international cricket. Then there is the sadness for the game itself. What sort of state has it got into that such things can happen? And how big is the iceberg of which the three no-balls were the tip? There is also the sadness for unsupported and misled youth. We are all tempted in some direction or another… Full Story »
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Pakistan spot-fixing scandal: International Cricket Council must take decisive action, says Sir Paul Condon
Cricket News on The Telegraph &bull Nov 5, 2011
The case of the Pakistan cricketers found guilty and sentenced for spot fixing for money is a very loud wake-up call for world cricket. Cricket will always be the global sport most vulnerable to corruption because of the nature of… Full Story »
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Botham criticises ICC for lack of action on match-fixing
Cricket News on BBC Sport &bull Nov 4, 2011
Former England captain Botham said: "I think the ICC have just sat on their hands and pretended it's not there. Well now they have got to act. At Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, Pakistan trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and… Full Story »
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Stephen Brenkley: Dark day at Lord's does not mean fixing is rife
Cricket News on The Independent &bull Nov 2, 2011
Note: We do not store your email address(es) but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. To stroll along Wellington Road on a match day is one of life's enduring delights. Between St John's Wood Tube station and Lord's cricket ground, taking in the luxurious Embassy Court apartment block, Madame Marie Tussaud's old house and the Wellington Hospital, it is always half a mile of sheer pleasure. The sense of joy, of blissful anticipation, the prospect of watching a game at the greatest sports arena in the world never palls. There is invariably a spring… Full Story »
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Jonty Rhodes calls for mechanism to curb match-fixing
Cricket News on rediff &bull Oct 12, 2011
Former South African cricketer and current Mumbai Indians fielding coach Jonty Rhodes has said that the ICC should make all efforts to keep the game clean. Hansie Cronje was my colleague and we had no idea he was doing something… Full Story »
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Five-fer - Methods of modern technology
Cricket 365 &bull Aug 18, 2011
Last month, Cricket Ireland issued an appeal after three laptops and two external hard drives went missing after a game against Namibia in Belfast. The equipment belonged to Ireland assistant coach and video analyst Pete Johnston,, who proclaimed: "The external hard drives contain footage of our matches, with game plans for the opposition and tactics… Full Story »
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History has an uncanny knack of repeating itself
Cricket Columns on Dream Cricket &bull Aug 16, 2011
Any cricket historian worth his salt will tell you with a chuckle that history has an uncanny knack of repeating itself when it comes to the so-called gentleman's game. When England's Ian Bell was run out and then recalled under controversial circumstances by India's captain MS Dhoni last month at Trent Bridge, the closest parallel was from a Test match in… Full Story »
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South Africa to honour cricket legend Hansie Cronje
Cricket News on Big News Network &bull May 19, 2011
South Africa will posthumously honour former national cricket captain Hansie Cronje, nine years after his death in a plane crash.Cronje will be posthumously honoured with the Siyabakhumbula Tribute Awards along with nine other South Africans for their meritorious services to… Full Story »
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Hansie Cronje posthumously honoured
Cric Buzz &bull May 18, 2011
Hansie Cronje - the man who precipitated cricket's largest scandal with his admission that he fixed matches - will be posthumously honoured in South Africa. Full Story »
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Posthumous honour for Hansie Cronje
Cricket News on rediff &bull May 18, 2011
Cronje, who died in a plane crash under mysterious circumstances in 2002, precipitated the greatest crisis in world cricket two years earlier when he admitted to involvement in match fixing after Indian authorities began probing phone calls. Minister of Arts… Full Story »
