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No smoke without fire

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Name:K.Krishnanunni
Email:unni.kk@usa.net
Message:The betting thing has been going on for some time now. It's a very contentious issue and it's high time that ICC came out with some sort of stubborn decisions. If a player is found guilty, he should be banned for life as cricket does not need people who have no regard and pride for their country. But above all, this whole thing of betting scandal needs to be properly monitored and in this regard ICC should act as soon as possible.

Name:Vasudevan Seshadri
Email:svdev@yahoo.com
Message:Hi People of India and around the Globe, here u are ready to give ur sweat and blood to support for the success of your country whereas the outcome of the game is decided in hotel rooms itself. Cricket is the big loser and we are made to look like fools. There has been too many news like this but no proofs.Let us remember that there is no smoke without FIRE!!! Shun Cricket until all this is cleared!!!

Name:murli
Email:murli_u2@rediff.com
Message:i was stunned frankly, but after listening to the tapes played on the star news channel, i believe hansie is innocent, it wasn't hansie's voice we heard on the tape. he seems to be framed, as has the whole nation of south africa.

Name:Gopal
Email:god_pal@yahoo.com
Message:I feel it was absolutely stupid of me to keep awake till midnight watching these jokers playing and taking all of us for a jolly good ride. I hope it turns out to be untrue.

Name:gowri
Email:type_b@usa.net
Message: This is the most explosive piece of cricketing news possible. Hansie Cronje?And matchfixing??Impossible is the first word that comes to mind.South Africa is probably the best team around and Cronje easily one of the best captains. But who is to be believed?Unsubstantiate dmessges one can dismiss...but tapes?I don't know.I just hope it turns out to be a hoax.

Name:pramit chavda
Email:pramit@hotmail.com
Message:you all cricketing guys suck. Now I dont see any difference between Cricket and related new and our politics. I am leaving cricket (watching , reading news everything) for ever. Cricket is no entertainment anymore.

Name:Vikram
Email:vrazdan@hotmail.com
Message:Its now or never! It is a dark day for cricket, and proves beyond doubt that all the past rumors were indeed true. All this talk about taped conversations not holding good in the court of law may help the offenders, but the same makes no sense to the public. The public will punish the cricketers in its own way, and the biggest loser shall be the ga,me of cricket. The culprits (cricketers included) should be taken to task and no mercy should be shown to anybody. Now, it is a golden opportunity for the ICC to support the law enforcing authorities, and show its mettle. This is the least these Cricketing executives can do for the public, to assuage their feelings and keep their interest going.
Great show Delhi police!
Manoj Prabhakar zindabad! Vikram Razdan

Name:dilip gawali
Email:dilipgawali@hotmil.com
Message:shame shame. we never realisae Hansi Also can do this.but how wever.delhi police has to be find wether it is tru.

Name:RAVI
Email:ivarravi@yahoo.com
Message:Money has'nt spared the best and seems cronje was on the track of making it as soon as possible as he sees his exit from the cricketing arena is not very far. The question which comes one is is money above love for game and the country. We have ask these syndictae esp the players does country matter for him. I would only suggest that a hard sentence should be given to these law abbetters as they have decieved the patriotism which their country men think they should have the most and also making the competitor feel like a dumb one. the spirit of sport manship is on wane and sports authorities all over the world need to make a hard decision on this issue.

Name:Ganesh
Email:chintu@collegemail.com
Message:It is a shame and I wouldn't be surprised if the money was paid by the Indian team to the SA players and they were only using Sanjay as a medium.

Name:Manish Tiwari
Email:mtiwari@sfl.soft.net
Message:Yes the bubble has burst. In this racially partial world, everyone is the same. I feel Kerry Packer's Circus was better than this. These clowns( ICC, players & all) cannot match his professionalism. Ban everyone and start afresh.

Name:Manish Tiwari
Email:mtiwari@sfl.soft.net
Message:Yes the bubble has burst. In this racially partial world, everyone is the same. I feel Kerry Packer's Circus was better than this. These clowns( ICC, players & all) cannot match his professionalism. Ban everyone and start afresh.

Name:Manish Tiwari
Email:mtiwari@sfl.soft.net
Message:Yes the bubble has burst. In this racially partial world, everyone is the same. I feel Kerry Packer's Circus was better than this. These clowns( ICC, players & all) cannot match his professionalism. Ban everyone and start afresh.

Name:Once_upon_a_time_cricket_lover
Email:disappointedindian@yahoo.com
Message:So does this finally expose how the Indians lose every match they are seemingly in a winning position? Does this explain how our top cricketers get out playing "irrational" shots? Shame on the Indian team and the South Africans. I'd rather watch THE ROCK on WWF than watch Tendulkar,Cronje and the Waugh twins ever again. All I want is my endlesss hours, spent watching the game, back. And please call back the team of '83 from Retirement so that they can replace the fools we have in our national team right now.
Can't even say cheers or goodbye!

Name:Diptesh Shah
Email:diptesh@vsnl.com
Message:Will never watch cricket again When will this nation grow up and recognise sport for what it is ! Also to be blamed are the so called "sportsmen" who accept bribes are are let off !! (a la Warne) and are nominated as one of the top players of the century - what farce.

Name:kaliyug
Email:kali@hotmail.com
Message:Hey , The southafricans are as far as i know are the best professionals in the cricket world.so no one can blame them without any storng proof.

Name:Arvind
Email:mickeyboss@hotmail.com
Message:Isn't it possible that someone tried to frame him and insult the indian cricket team by mimicing Cronje's voice. I am not sure but worth giving an investigation. there are a lot of mimics in this world. And the police tapping the phone had been leaked out...This is india alright!!! You can never say.

Name:Masood
Email:mabaig@excite.com
Message:I first thought it was a cruel April Fool Joke but couldnt believe that it is for real. Why dont they play the tapes to the media so that people can judge from Cronjie's voice if he is guilty because ultimately he has cheated us, the fans, by this match fixing.

Name:Masood
Email:mabaig@excite.com
Message:I first thought it was a cruel April Fool Joke but couldnt believe that it is for real. Why dont they play the tapes to the media so that people can judge from Cronjie's voice if he is guilty because ultimately he has cheated us, the fans, by this match fixing.

Name:N.S.Bharath
Email:nsbharath@hotmail.com
Message:Frankly speaking, we spectators have been made to look like fools. Cricket is no more a sport, it is an industry where a package product is being sold. Sport is one of the places where pure emotion should play. Unfortunately hugry money mongers have made it otherwise. Outside force cannot bring discipline. Discipline has to be imbibed in every player. What is in society reflects everywhere ? Let us not take a high pedestal on this moral issue. Every citizen is to blame equally as the players themselves. (Did I hear the new consumerism, materialism anywhere ?). Indian philosophy stands for so many things apart from money. Who's listening ? It is not only cricket which is suffering

Name:Bharat
Email:bharat_j@hotmail.com
Message:April 7 isn't the first time we, the 'crazy' fans, have heard about this. Nor is it the first time a non-subcontinental team has been involved. Remember Warne and Waugh? Does ANYONE believe that they got the money just for their weather reports??? You bet (oops! no pun intended!) that the naming of Hansie is still a great big shock! And I will be most happy if it turns out that he really is innnocent. But what I would like more is that the responsible people and governing bodies should get serious about this thing. It is really high time. Infact had the likes of the ICC and the various national boards gotten serious about it when the early warnigs came up, this day would probably not have come.
I just hope it is not too late to return to the days of 'real' cricket.
This incident have raised doubts in my mind about each and every player. And I cant believe I am saying this, but even SRT is no longer above suspicion to my mind.
Infact, I wonder if I really want to know what the police has NOT disclosed.
Hmm...now which other sport should I make my favouraite, after I dump cricket?

Name:Jeevan Pant
Email:jeevan_pant@hotmail.com
Message:It's disgusting. More than anything else what is shameful is it takes a bookie for an India win. Had Hansie and his men not been paid maybe SA would hav trounced us 5-0 in one-dayers as well? ICC has to come up with definite plan to erradicate this disease. Handig over the India match fixing allegation to BCCI, Paki to PCB and australian to ACB won't help. They are not going to implicate the players. But can we expect any tough stance from the current non-performing, timid, irresponsible chairman of ICC. Atleast his immediate statement after the scandle is not too promising.
distusted fan.
Jeevan, California, US

Name:M
Email:
Message:utterly bewildered is it possible and what those morons are gonna do bout it

Name:Baranidhar Ramanathan
Email:bdharan@yahoo.com
Message: The match fixing charges against Hansie Cronje came as a very big shock to me (for that matter any die hard cricket fan would be shocked to hear such a kind of allegation). I don't think betting can be totally eradicated in the near future but atleast the players can bring it to the notice of their cricket boards and their opponent's cricket board immediatley if any of them were contacted by some unknown person, so that appropriate action can be taken against them.

Name:never mind
Email:don't bother
Message:I think people at Rediff.com, as usual, feel they are on to something. I mean why get so excited about a thing which is not proven yet? Surely, when you hear those tapes it does appear as if they were made up, you're not sure if it was really Hansie speaking. If you were really idolizing & respecting Hansie, as our dear Faisal Shariff says, how do you desert him just because somebody tells you that he's not clean and brings a very suspect proof?? Are you that weak??! Cool it down and don't sensationalise things.

Name:Sridhar
Email:sridharsundaram@yahoo.com
Message:Hate it....Love it.... but you simply cannot ignore it.....thats cricket for us folks! And this fact has been taken full advantage of by the players (and organisers) of the game. So, in a nutshell, face it: No cleaning act is ever going to be performed! Articles will continue to be written, expert comments would still be passed, accusations will continue to be made....But the game will go on in its usual manner.And you , my dear, will watch the game even if it is WWF clone.

Name:Mudit
Email:muditm@bigfoot.com
Message:From now onwards, whenever i watch cricket, (if i watch it antmore, that is) There will always be at the back of my mind that whether all that is going on is genuine? I am sure that millions of other fans will also feel the same. If so much smoke is being bellowed for the past 6-7 yrs now, surely there must be fir e somewhere. If the international cricket establishment wants to save the sport, they better get to the bottom of this. The indian police could not have come out with something so big until they were sure. Also from the tapes it is revealed that not just Hansie and 4 others but even more of South Africans were involved, because at one poin Hansie says noone else is ready because u havent given the money for the last time. Klusener's name is taken....
Dalmiya, the ball is in ur court now. Stop trying to appease the white nations. Get to the bottom of this issue which is about a passion of over a billion people of the sub continent, a place where u belong or else cricket will die here.

Name:sirishaneena
Email:sushma_222@yahoo.com
Message:I FEEL ASHAMED THAT I AM A FAN OF CRICKET

Name:Rohit Chopra
Email:rohitc@rediff.co.in
Message:I think there is conclusive evidence that the South Africans are guilty. Yet, I am almost sure that nothing will come of it. This is because of the following reasons: a) Dalmiya's masterly inaction - The man is only interested in being remembered as the guy under whom the ICC made the most profit and players played 365 days of cricket every year. As long as he can be in power he is happiest when there are no controversies or for that matter even healthy debates. Least concerned about taking the game in a positive direction, the marwari from Calcutta is a status quoist of an extrordinary sort besides being a guy with no conviction. His fence sitting and fear of upsetting South African big wigs whose support (read benign indifference) he wishes to cultivate. The usual bureacuractic platitudes that we are sick to our gills of will continue to be mouthed and Cronje and the others will continue to play cricket. He will say that the ICC cannot take a decision till the courts offer a verdict. b) The Indian Legal System and other legal tangles - Where is this case to be decided? Can the South Africans hire their own lawyers, who may not be Indian citizens (currently not allowed, and the subject of contention)? They will surely appeal. Where does interpol fit it? The case will go around in circles for years and people will lose interest after a while - like they did in the Bofors case, the Anti-Sikh riots case, the Shah Bano case, the Harshad Mehta scam, the communal riots and Babri Masjid demolition cases and a million others... c) Rich corrupt politicians will come to the rescue of the bookies. Miraculously cases will be dropped for want of evidence, witnesses turning hostile, prosecuted claiming heart trouble and exemption - all the b grade tricks in the book that our paper tiger politicians regularly use to stay away from court because they are scared. d) The dynamic of race that exists in the world of cricket - White is right is still very much the motto if you see the actions of most white players and administrators in the game. Whatever differences, the white teams of the world may have with each other, in situations like these they stick with each other. Which is why the Darell Hairs of the world flourish. I believe once Cronje had flung a wicket through the dressing room door in anger.. Nothing happened. And we all remember Allan Donald's charming outburst against Dravid when the latter rammed him for a six back over his head. Nothing happened. Yet, let one white umpire or referee mark Murali, Akthar, Chauhan and a host of white players indirectly vet the man's decision by suggesting that they too think these players are guilty. Solidarity with non white players - zero... e) Legal Systems anywhere in the world. OJ Simpson was guilty as Cronje is. Simpson got away. So will Cronje and his fellow crooks. Finally, the case will be not just about Cronje but about the ICC, the magnificently useless Dalmiya and the Indian legal system... Nothing will happen, revealing the ineffectuality of the latter two above. Cricket will be the shameful loser. Cronje killed a little girl once by accident, now he has killed cricket by deliberation. His hypocrisy ("I believe in God. I believe in the Bible. I am an honest man") has been exposed. It is a strange kind of faith which allows you to fix matches and appear pious at the same time. It is the same kind of faith that allowed whites to poach other people's land and create apartheid. in the name of God. It is the faith of the white man. Cronje's crookedness is nothing but history repeating itself. And the black man will lose again, as Cronje will walk away scot free and will soon give interviews saying how his "God" helped him to hold his head high while these accusations were flung at him. Probably on the same day he will meet bookies and take more money for fixing more matches. And so life will go on.

Name:naresh nayak
Email:nareshn@vsnl.com
Message:Cricket is the biggest thing . Put it right. Its on the top of the mind. To catch the culprit is like finding gold in the desert. People want it. Let the govt legalise it. Money for the govt. Transperancy for the punter. Fun for everybody. Its like prohibition. The Govt removed after over long trials in the U S.

Name:Kumar Rajaram
Email:krajaram@anderson.ucla.edu
Message:I sincerely hope the media does not create a circus out of this. I think it is highly unfair to but anybody, leave alone people of the high quality and integerity such as Hansie Cronje and the talanted young players who give us such pleasure with thier game to go through this.
Anybody can get a recording and alter voices and claim to be Hansie Cronje. Lets leave them alone, stop this character assasination and get on with the game. How come it comes about when the ICC is trying to promote the game: I am sure there is a more deep seated vested interest trying to decredit Cricket itself!
Professor Kumar Rajaram UCLA.

Name:sandeep
Email:prakash_sandeep@yahoo.com
Message:i believe if this proves to be true then the arsehole hansie should be shot dead .

Name:Shailesh Kotian
Email:shailesh_kotian@hotmail.com
Message:The news about the tapes have certainly opened a plethora of possibilities about what might have occured in the past. One can't help thinking about the numerous matches that have been played and contemplating on what might have taken place behind the scenes.... Hansie might still be innocent, but its important for the future of cricket as a game that the authorities - both criminal and regulatory -get to the bottom of this; else we might have a scenario where fans refuse to follow the game because they can't trust the players.

Name:satishn
Email:satishn@email.com
Message:..And we thought india won ! India won but cricket lost. I will never ever beleive any result from now on.

Name:Anuvind Bhushan
Email:tikks@hotmail.com
Message:All the cricketers involved in match-fixing shoud be banned for life however great a player he may be. This is no joke The players are playing with the dignity of their countries. Since the Delhi police have the recording of the conversation, it looks like Cronje & others are involved.

Name:k.balarama krishnan
Email:metco@md3.vsnl.net.in
Message:the players and persons involved in match fixing have put their countrys honour to stake and thereby bringing disrespect, dishonour and shame not only to a gentlemans game but also to their respective nations. match fixing is no doubt a big criminal offence and offenders should be punished.

Name:R. Srinivas
Email:ragsri@iname.com
Message:I think unless it is confirmed completely I am going to believe that this is all false. After all why did this news have to come out after such a long time.

Name:Gola Baba
Email:gola@mailcity.com
Message:Cricket should be banned for 10 years, and all those invloved in betting scandals must be executed irrespective of their stature. That alone can do justice to the original spirit of Cricket.

Name:MKJINDAL
Email:jindalmk@hotmail.com
Message:cricket will not go anywhere because of matchfixing, it will go wherever it goes inspite of matchfixing. cricket will never return to the age of innocence. cricket lovers nowadays dont want to watch battle of ball and bat they are only interested to see lot of score with lot of fours and sixers in abbreviated version of cricket match.

Name:thisisn'tcricket
Email:ravee_nerur@hotmail.com
Message:The whole story sounds fishy. Whose phones were tapped? How did the police get to know if Kalra or whatever was going to use that particular SIM card? Did they tap Hansie's number also? If he was on global roaming card, how did they get to have the concommitant number in the local network? Now, the timing of the whole story breaking out, is another pointer to the fact that there is something much more than what meets the eye. If we suspect cricket to be full of this, just imagine the big money games like NBA, Formula 1, boxing etc. With those possibilities available, why will they pick on something like cricket which is very difficult to be controlled by one or two persons. Except the Indian team which is solely dependant on Sachin, it is purely a team game and you need to buy all the members! Just a bluff

Name:joseph fernandes
Email:joseph_ferns@hotmail.com
Message:I think the whole issue is masterminded do dampen the captian's image(Hansie Cronjie) and the south african team on the whole

Name:Raamganesh Samakkulam
Email:raamkar@mailcity.com
Message:I am reluctant to believe it. I hope that the truth comes to the fore.

Name:Sreedhar Reddy
Email:sreddy@emirates.net.ae
Message:It would have been easier for us to believe if it was a Akram, a Azhar or a Jadeja who was caught in this. Why? We have difficulty in believing that "Goras" can be part of this. A Warne or a Waugh could do this and get away easily. South African players might have thought they would get away with anything on Indian soil because we wouldn't even dare to suspect them. Hats off to the investigative personnel involved. Let the truth come out.

Name:A S Mohit
Email:advani@web88888.com
Message:Well I don't think Hansie is capable of such an act .Though if the evidence is accurate , the game of cricket will take some time to win the trust of millions of fans !!!!

Name:ansar
Email:ahmedansar@netscape.net
Message:whats is this? one think i can do is stop watching this Twaddle........

Name:Kumar Vaidya
Email:kv@vsnl.com
Message:There is no doubt that SA was invloved in match fixing now that Delhi Police have come out with conclusie evidence. In fact , at some moments we were atually tempted to say that `look at that , saale SA walo ne paise khaya hai, or else , how do you explain that kind of Bowling/Batting/Fielding' . Tough it was said only half seriously, little did one know that the words were correct. If u remember the catch the Klusner dropped of Robin Singh, when India was just about to lose ,you will see what I mean. Even in the first match,which India won, Kronje did not give enough bowling to his key bowlers. I remember being very very surprised and exclaiming the same loudly many times. Now I know the reason. While we as a nation passionate about Cricket, view the gamed as a sacred area, we must remember that most of the Cricketeers today are `Professional Cricketeers' . The game is just like any other job or business for them. So while we feel that the players fixing matches bring disrepute to the game, they are sinning no more than a corpoarte executive who takes money from the suppliers, or the Businessman, who evades taxes. So for all you Cricket Fans , its time to wake up & realise that many of the matches that we see are no different that the WWF Farce that we watch on TV and accept this grim reality.

Name:racha
Email:racha@rediffmail.com
Message:i dont believe that our guys are innocent. am sure our guys like tendulkar, jadeja and azhar have taken money on a few occasions atleast. how can u explain away our top order batting collapsing totally and some of the so called tail has put up decent scores

Name:Gurkeerat Singh Virk
Email:gksvirk@hotmail.com
Message:This is the saddest day in the life of any cricket fan. I am suddenly plagued with a feeling of extreme doubt and remorse about all the time, effort and money that I had ever invested in watching cricket, idolising cricketers. Today I am so disgusted that I am sure I am never never again going to watch any cricket or read anything about cricket. I have very recently shifted to Seoul, South Korea and used to play for my University some years ago. Following cricket was one of the most important things which connected me to back home, but now I guess I will need to look for some other outlet. Let all these @*@** whether they are South Africans, Indians, Pakistanis or Australians die a dogs death. All the players involved in this kind of a scam even though these same palyers might be revered as God, they still deserve to be shot dead or butchered in public for the crime of bringing to disrepute the most fairest game of them all. Imagine in our country there are millions who are forever following cricket with their heart and soul. A guy who works hard through the week and spends his Sunday watching India play - neglecting his wife and kids. This Person lets the course of his entire next week hinge on that Sunday game - if India wins the world is all rosy and upbeat, If India loses, he is a bitter person the whole of next week. These cricketers will definitely not be able to enjoy their ill gotten gains, the curse of the common man on the street is on these people now. You might think that I am over reacting - yeah maybe I am. But tell me how else do you expect me react. I do not believe in God but I always carry with me a match ticket of the day Kumble got 10 Pakistan wickets (this ticket also has the signature of Ramiz Raja - during the Lunch that day, before Kumble got into the act) as my lucky charm. But from now on I do not want to idolise any cricketer. I do not want to try and imitate any of

Name:tony carvalho
Email:tonsh@hotmail.com
Message:its totally bullsit. Hansie cannot do this. tell the indian cbi to look at the indian team first. If its a match fixing that is why the indian team have own the matches, otherwise it would have been 5-0. If nothing come out, then the indian team will face problems. please try and drop this out.

Name:Swaminathan V
Email:v_swami@hotmail.com
Message:Its too early to pass judgements on whether Hansie was guilty or not. After all it is Hansie and the people accusing him are Delhi police. As much as we are surprised that it is Hansie being implicated, Delhi police is also quite capable of springing a surprise with soem outrageously flimsy evidence. I am not so easily prepared to judge him guilty. The question is why would Hansie do that, inspite of the South African cricket board indicating several times that the punishment would be severe if they found anyone indulging in these kinds of things. It could be that this is quite an established practice with several players fom other countries indulging in it and Hansie felt safe that he would not be singled out alone. Which could be a even more severe problem with the game in general. The ICC keeping mum on this matter and even being defensive, plus the fact that the person heading it is an Indian politician doesnt rule out the possibility to me that some senior ICC officials themselves could have been in the know of the general state of affairs. They are merely at the moment trying to control the damage. For Jagmohan Dalmiya to say that there is nothing to worry and that they have their own way of dealing with this is absolutely outrageous. I cant imagine FIFA saying this if such a thing happened in football. Either Hansie is innocent in which case the country will have mud on its face and we will never be able to walk with our heads held straight, or several heads will roll at all levels if he is guilty. Thanks

Name:Anand Kotasthane
Email:sadanand@cyberway.com.sg
Message:This will go on. And on, and on... Its "us", the dead lovers of the game who are to blame! We are fanatics, we love the game more than our jobs and anything else. We like the players to fight and we watch those fights desparately. We gave birth to Bookies, we made players to think about the money, and its BIG money! Really Big money. They are humans afterall...this will go on and on....and on.....

Name:siddhartha redhu
Email:sidred@hotmail.com
Message:Cricket as a sport was never clean and if anybody was thinking on those lines how wrong has one proved himself. What was clean was the reputation of the team altogether because nobody in his wildest dream could have thought that the majority of the players donning their country colours could have a price for which they could sell their countries. On introspection when one looks at those world cup matches between south africa and australia ,one can no longer be fooled by the fact that those matches were not golden moments of cricket but already predecied by the greed of some individuals. When u think of the dropped catch by gibbs which was unbeleivable you know the answer as to why such simple catch was dropped. So many golden moments of international cricket were no doubt farce but they were guided by the bookies around the world not by the players who played in the field. Nothing can be more treacherous than one selling his country's pride, one selling his people's trust for few thousand or million dollars. The crime commited is no less than a treasion against one's country and deserves a punishment which would deter other such acts in the future. At the same time the old files and allegation should be given a new look and ICC has to be very clear in its objective that the guilty have to be punished severely and that unlike past no attempts should be made to cover up the guilty.abhijeet I do not belive this. If Hansie is quilty, then there is not hope for cricket. He has been a shining example of gentelmanship and one of the best ammbasdors of game. If he is quilty then there is no hope for cricket's future. I do hope that truth will come out and cricket will again rise to the glory it onces belonged to.

Name:sriram
Email:srp@rediffmail.com
Message:Let us forget about sports and let us look at our country and our politicians ..before we get into all these stuff.

Name:sudhir
Email:sudhirbp@usa.net
Message:Till now Indian Police has never accused a foreign player of such a profile. So if they are going to court that means there has to be something in it. No smoke without fire you know...!!!

Name:NARAYAN P.NANNURE
Email:narayan_pn@hotmail.com
Message:It is very sad irrespective of whether it is going to prove or not. People will loose intrest in this great game. Smoke will not appear without fire. If the charges are proved. All the players should be sacked. So nobody will dare in future to get involve in such a practice.

Name:zeus
Email:tunudaga@hotmail.com
Message:Match fixing was always there. But it just took a handful of gutsy players to reveal that it did exist in the game. But those players (I'm talking of Manoj Prabhakar) didn't have the **** to reveal it in totality. They just made a sensation in the media and got away with it. It will just take one correct step and a right stand which can help the judiciary to eradicate this crime from the cricketing world. In India, cricket is a religion where people are more interested in this game rather than our national game.
In the case of Hansie Cronje, I think that the police doesn't have enough evidence to prove that he is guilty or to prosecute him. Lets see what happens as there are many loopholes in the system of law and many times a lay man can also escape from getting punishment. In this case, it is Hansie Cronje.

Name:Tamsekar S B
Email:tamsekar@vsnl.com
Message:There is no doubt that something must have been going on since last 5-7 years.Thorough investigation is must and guilty to be punished.Else we might loose interest in the game.

Name:abhishek
Email:glory_9@hotmail.com
Message:I feel that these days watching cricket as a game of entertainment is a sheer waste of time. Instead if a person wants entertainment , he/she should go to watch movie or other such recriatment. It has all happened in the last two decades when the number of playing matches has been increased. Cricket has became a game of betting, whether is it the selection of a player or game playing is concerned. So, time suggests that instead of wasting an entire day on cricket one should utilize that day or prefer other entertainments which is a worth! Phew!

Name:K. Suresh
Email:suresh_lily@hotmail.com
Message:I don't think a complete clean-up is possible. However, as much as possible should be done and players penalised (of course, the punishment is banned for life from cricket) to at least instill fear among other players. Otherwise, the interest in cricket will wane. For example, I always knew that Pakistan is a highly inconsistent team. But after the allegations, there is always a doubt that the team has been bought over whenever they collapse. And, it more and more people start suspecting more and more teams, it is not going to be good for cricket. And the ICC, what the hell are they doing ? I don't believe they can do anything about this, not much. An agency with a lot more teeth should handle this issue.

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