Nearly a decade after his death, former South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje will be one of the recipients for posthumous honours.
Frans Cronje is in Mumbai to complete the final takes of a movie on his late brother.
A film based on the life of late South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje, who fell from grace in the 2000 match-fixing scandal, is all set to release in Durban next month. Directed by Cronje's brother Frans, 'Hansie' chronicles the former skipper's life, that met a tragic end when he died in a plane crash in 2002, completed filming on Monday.
Late South Africa cricket captain Hansie Cronje, was honoured by ardent fans on his 44th birth anniversary on Wednesday.
This is the first time in nearly seven decades that India have suffered two successive series whitewashes at home.
2000 India-South Africa series: Court says some matches fixed, attempts made to fix others
England batsman Jonathan Trott says he was shocked and sickened by the news of alleged 'spot-fixing' by three Pakistani players during the fourth Test at Lord's last weekend.
Herschelle Gibbs has claimed in his controversial autobiography, To the Point that former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje had made an offer to the team to fix a match in India in 1996.
Captain Rishabh Pant conceded that India needed to get better as a Test team.
Ewie Cronje, father of late Hansie Cronje, has threatened legal action against the Indian police for filing a chargesheet which implicates his son in the 2000 match-fixing scandal.
Immediately after his confessing to taking money from bookmakers, the former South African captain feared for his life and that of his nearest ones.
South Africa coach Shukri Conrad was overwhelmed to see his spinners rule the roost in the first Test against India at the Eden Gardens, signalling to him that the Rainbow Nation is no longer an exclusive "fast bowling country" and hoped that a lot more slow bowlers will emerge.
The aura of home advantage -- long regarded as a hallmark of India's Test side -- seemed secure. But in barely over a year, that fortress has not just cracked, it has collapsed, raising uncomfortable questions about strategy, selection, and temperament.
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.
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.
The results of the investigation into the aircraft crash will be made public in May.
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.
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.
Former South Africa pacer Henry Williams has revealed that he and Herschelle Gibbs gave false testimonies to the Kings Commission against Hansie Cronje in the match-fixing saga over a decade ago, to make a stronger case against the late Proteas captain.
Massive chance for series win in India, SA better-placed with spin resources: Bavuma
South Africa will aim for their first Test victory in India in more than 15 years.
South African cricketer Mark Boucher has said that the game's modern anti-corruption methods are a joke, offering a rare insight into the shady world of cricket's most notorious match-fixer, Hansie Cronje.
Dr Andre de Kock of the Civil Aviation Authority rubbished claims that Cronje could have been murdered.
Thirteen years after the match fixing scandal involving Hansie Cronje rocked the cricket world, Delhi Police, on Monday, filed a charge sheet in a court here naming the former South African captain and five others, including Kishan Kumar, brother of T-Series founder Gulshan Kumar.
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.
Rajaneesh Gupta lists the amazing numbers that make Rohit Sharma one of the finest ODI batters of his time.
Retired captain Graeme Smith has a large and vocal hate club in South Africa as compared to the country's love for late captain Hansie Cronje, whose career ended in disgrace after he admitted to match fixing, before his tragic death in a plane crash.
In the recently concluded five-match Test series against England, India's star wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant stood tall as a beacon of determination, battling through injuries to deliver a string of gutsy, crowd-pleasing knocks that underlined his value to the side.
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.
Former South Africa cricketer and now Mumbai Indians fielding coach Jonty Rhodes said he still misses his late good friend, ex-South Africa skipper Hansie Cronje and coach Bob Woolmer, who suddenly died during the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.
Former BCCI anti-corruption unit chief Neeraj Kumar found superstar Virat Kohli's work ethic "matchless" during his tenure with the powerful cricket board.
...after then South Africa captain, late Hansie Cronje gave England 'sniff' of victory.
Former Cricket South Africa supremo Ali Bacher believes that the malpractice of players interacting with bookmakers continues to take place even today.
Sanjeev Chawla, accompanied by a Delhi police crime branch team from London, reached Delhi on Thursday morning
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, in Johannesburg, on Wednesday.
Australian spin legend Shane Warne named the best batsmen he bowled to from each of the nine Test playing nations he faced during his career. As part of his commentary duties during the current Test series between England and Pakistan, Warne was asked to name the best batsmen he bowled to during his decorated 15-year career. Warne, on the expected lines, named Sachin Tendulkar and Brian Lara from India and West Indies respectively.
'From 1989 when I started playing there would be at least 25 world class bowlers. But someone I didn't enjoy batting against was Hansie Cronje. For some reason I got out and over a period of time I realised that I am better off being at the non-striker's end'
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances