
South African cricketer Hansie Cronje looks dejected at a press conference held in Cape Town 11 April 2000. Cronje has denied receiving money for match-fixing. He has withdrawn from the upcoming one-day tests against Australia due to be played in South Africa this week and has been stripped of his captaincy of the South African national cricket team.© AFP

Shaun Pollock is interviewed after a press conference in Durban, 11 April 2000. Pollock was named new captain for the national cricket team after Hansie Cronje has been suspended after being implicated in a match fixing scam.© AFP

The managing director of the South African United Cricket Board (UCB), Ali Bacher (R), and UCB President Percy Sonn give a press conference 11 April 2000 in Durban. South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje has been suspended after being implicated in a match-fixing scam.© AFP