Deceased South Africa cricket captain Hansie Cronje, who fell from grace by admitting to match-fixing in 2000, was remembered by his family, former teammates and fans on his 10th death anniversary.
Pietersen said in his stirring address, which focussed on highlighting the relevance of Test cricket.
The Delhi High Court has quashed criminal proceedings initiated by Enforcement Directorate for alleged FERA violation against a Delhi-based businessman who was named as an "influential bookie" and had paid a huge amount to late South Africa cricketer Hansie Cronje to fix ODIs between India and South Africa in 1996-1997.
Inspirational Graeme Smith has become the most capped South African ODI captain, surpassing late Hansie Cronje's record of leading the national team in 138 games.
Chawla was introduced to Hansie Cronje, the late South African cricket team captain, in January-February 2000. It was suggested to Cronje, by Chawla and another person, that he could make significant amounts of money if he agreed to lose cricket matches.
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A key figure in the 2000 match-fixing scandal that rocked world cricket, Hamid 'Banjo' Cassim made a sly appearance at the Wanderers in Johannesburg to watch an Indian Premier League (IPL) match before the media forced him into a hasty exit. Cassim, who reportedly introduced the late South African skipper Hansie Cronje to an Indian bookie leading to the infamous 'Hansiegate' episode, came to watch the match between Kings XI Punjab and Deccan Chargers.
Retired South African cricket boss Dr Ali Bacher claims he was reprimanded at an ICC meeting for raising the issue of match-fixing in the 1990s.
It is alleged that Singh has assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
120 - number of extras in the match second highest in a Test on Indian soil. Interestingly the highest has also come at Bangalore 168 in 2007-08.
A bitter-sweet legacy from the brutalities of the apartheid years lingers in South African sport.
South Africa captain Graeme Smith, buoyed by his side's thumping win at Motera a few days back, is unperturbed about what the Green Park pitch hold in store for his team in the final Test against India, beginning Friday.
Former South African greats shied away from comparing Graeme Smith's men to the 1969-70 all-star squad but had no hesitation in acknowledging that the current side is better than the 1990s batch led by Hansie Cronje.
The police, who took Gibbs' voice samples, said he will not earn an automatic let-off.
The function in Mumbai on Nov. 4 marks the opening of the board's new headquarters.
The results of the investigation into the aircraft crash will be made public in May.
Shobhan Mehta, who is in Gujarat police's custody, told interrogators that Australia's Mark Waugh and former South Africa skipper Hansie Cronje, who died in 2001 in a plane crash, also gave tips to bookies.
Herschelle Gibbs will meet with Indian police for questioning over his involvement in the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal.
Pilot error was to blame for the 2002 plane crash that killed the former South African captain, a judicial inquest found.
Four years after the former South African captain's death in a plane crash, an official inquiry will be launched in the Cape High Court.
An exclusive report in Outlook magazine says the former India captain confessed that he did take Rs 10 lakh to provide information for three matches.
In his autobiography "Gazza", the former South African batsman reveals Hansie Cronje's "greed for money" and how he tried to involve the whole team in match fixing.
Fear of being probed by Indian Police in match-fixing scandal may see some South African cricketers cancel their India tour.
Speculation is mounting in Johannesburg that a corruption probe initiated by Cricket South Africa (CSA) may be related to the current RamSlam T20 tournament, which is the only domestic series televised internationally.
Immediately after his confessing to taking money from bookmakers, the former South African captain feared for his life and that of his nearest ones.
The country is reeling from a match-fixing probe involving soccer officials and referees. \n\n
He ruled himself out because of continued pressure from Indian police over his role in the 2000 match-fixing scandal.
This is how Steve Waugh described his former teammate after he claimed the world record for highest Test wickets.
The Mumbai opener has been recalled to the Indian Test team after nearly three-and-half years.
South Africa's Civil Aviation Authority deemed "the probable causes of the accident to be human factor-related, with weather and mechanical as well as technological factors contributing.
Dr Andre de Kock of the Civil Aviation Authority rubbished claims that Cronje could have been murdered.
South Africa's captain Graeme Smith feels the Eden Gardens wickets will offer more spin than the one at Kanpur.
A former South African cricketer, who played for the national team and was part of the 1992 Cricket World Cup, has reportedly been accused of rape.
Rajneesh Gupta throws up all the numbers from Test encounters between India and South Africa.
A look at how India have fared in their World Cup opening games.
Former Cricket South Africa supremo Ali Bacher believes that the malpractice of players interacting with bookmakers continues to take place even today.
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