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Charges are rubbish, says Cronje

South African skipper Hansie Cronje said charges against him for match-fixing in the recent one-day series with India are "rubbish," United Cricket Board managing director Ali Bacher said on Friday.

"I have spoken to Hansie Cronje and he says it is absolute rubbish. There is nothing at all in it," Bacher said.

"We (the UCB) are absolutely certain that none of our players has ever been party to that practice (match-fixing)," Bacher told the SAPA news agency.

Police in New Delhi have filed charges against Cronje and other members of his team for match-fixing during the series, a highly placed police source in the Indian capital said. The source said similar charges have been filed against two Indians and one of them, Delhi-based businessman Rajesh Kalra, has already been arrested.

India won the series 3-2.