Hansie cronje biography of michael
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Michael Vaughan felt odd after Hansie Cronje gave England sniff of win in Centurion
Cronjes South Africa were at the top of their game in those days, walking shoulder to shoulder with the invincible Australians, something Vaughan took note of.
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They were a hard bunch and very tough competitors. They were a bit like Australia in that regard, and yet they agreed to a deal. I remember thinking a few days later that it was odd, he said.
Michael Vaughan took to Twitter to voice his opinion on how he has no sympathy for him. (FILE)A few months after that January Test, Delhi police charged Cronje with fixing South Africas ODIs against India in March for money. They also released transcripts of an alleged conversation between Cronje and an Indian bookie.
But I was still stunned when it broke a few months later that Cronje was doing anything to get a result as part of his deal with a bookie.
There had been whispers of match-fixing
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Hansie Cronje scandal: I am still scarred - Henry Williams
Fellow South African cricketer Herschelle Gibbs was given a six-month ban for his part in the scandal.
The week marks the 10th anniversary of the plane crash that killed Cronje., external
"He [Cronje] never said, 'Sorry for what I did to harm you', or anything," added Williams. "He's dead now and he still worries me.
"When they [acquaintaces] sit with friends and have parties they will talk about it and say, 'There's that cheat walking'. You can feel people talking about you behind your back."
Meanwhile, former South Africa international Clive Rice said that more measures had to be put in place to prevent match-fixing scandals from happening.
"I think players need protecting," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"A youngster coming through may not have wealthy parents. They suddenly have big carrots being dangled in front of them. They have to know to not ge
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Cronje's violent end
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A tainted cricketer dies in a plane crash
Hansie Cronje: South Africa's fallen captain • AFP
At the age of 32, and just 26 months after his dramatic fall from grace, Hansie Cronje died in a plane crash near George, a town in South Africa's Western Cape. Cronje, who captained South Africa in 53 matches - and would surely have done so in many more - and two World Cups, shook the cricket world to its foundations in April , when he admitted taking money from a bookmaker to influence the results of matches, and invited ridicule bygd blaming Satanic influences for his deception. But at the time of his death, in South Africa at least, he was beginning to win back public support despite this notorious lack of repentance. Away from cricket, he had been rebuilding his life as a financial manager for a Johannesburg company. More than mourners attended his funeral.
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