Prime of the record is former South Africa captain Hansie Cronje, who admitted to match-fixing having grow to be concerned with Indian bookmakers. Cronje’s most notorious plot got here in a dead-rubber fifth Check towards England at Centurion Park in 2000. The match had been badly affected by rain, however Cronje was adamant the groups ought to do all they may to make sure it didn’t finish in a draw.
He negotiated with England skipper Nasser Hussain for each groups to forfeit an innings, leaving the vacationers with a final-day run-chase, which they accomplished. England have been unaware, however Cronje had engineered a end result.
Agnew: “This was unbelievable. It got here to mild by chance. The Delhi police have been attempting to faucet a cellphone of a bookmaker and unintentionally tapped the cellphone of Hansie Cronje. Thank goodness they did as a result of hopefully it’s now far more troublesome for a participant to govern video games of cricket.”
Zaltzman: “On the time, all of us thought it was good. Cronje’s beneficiant deal made a contest on the ultimate day of a useless rubber. Till the true story got here out, we did not realise what had gone was prison. The shock of the story deserves its place on this countdown.”
Finn: “A whole lot of these items have been the catalyst for crucial change in cricket and this was the largest one.”
