I lied to 'nail' Cronje in match-fixing saga

[SLICKR392]

Former South Africa pacer Henry Williams dropped a bombshell on Saturday when he admitted that Herschelle Gibbs and he gave false testimonies to the Kings Commission against disgraced Hansie Cronje, which were a part of conspiracy involving their lawyers, to make a stronger case against the late South African captain. "When we testified to our lawyers what the story really was, they came up with a threat that we could be prosecuted for doing something like this," Williams told the Sunday Times. Williams claimed that he was pressure to 'nail' Cronje and added that Cronje never mentioned the amount involved

http://cricketnext.in.com/live/news/i-lied-to-nail-cronje-in-matchfixing-saga-henry-williams/70558-13.html People who aren't aware of this issue. hddd-ZMP7Ig

[indiefan]

When one watches videos like the one above, all the illogical decisions made on the field and team compositions, even for recent matches, will make one suspicious. The corruption in this country has only gone up in the last decade and surely the betting industry would not have shut down. God only knows how many matches are still fixed. I hope they limit most of their activity to the IPL.

[Cricket Tragic]

added that Cronje never mentioned the amount involved

So Cronje made the offer and he accepted it. How does the rest matter? Funny thing is that he actually got Ganguly out in that over with a rubbish delivery before walking off injured.

[vamos_rafa]

When one watches videos like the one above, all the illogical decisions made on the field and team compositions, even for recent matches, will make one suspicious. The corruption in this country has only gone up in the last decade and surely the betting industry would not have shut down. God only knows how many matches are still fixed. I hope they limit most of their activity to the IPL.

And I hope none of the Indian players are involved!

[Lurker]

I have always wondered about this. Cronje may have been deep in the murky world of match fixing but his record was spectacular as a skipper. In LOI, for example, he won 99 games out of a grand total of 138 that he led in. That is a fantastic record. How do you keep throwing games and have those kind of numbers? And if he did throw the games how better his record could have been otherwise? Guess we will never know. But all things considered I may not mind an Indian skipper with 100 wins in 138 games even if he throws an odd one here and there ;)

[Shunya]

I have always wondered about this. Cronje may have been deep in the murky world of match fixing but his record was spectacular as a skipper. In LOI, for example, he won 99 games out of a grand total of 138 that he led in. That is a fantastic record. How do you keep throwing games and have those kind of numbers? And if he did throw the games how better his record could have been otherwise? Guess we will never know. But all things considered I may not mind an Indian skipper with 100 wins in 138 games even if he throws an odd one here and there ;)

may be it worked both ways... Cronje might have convinced other players to throw their games against SA...who knows

[Lurker]

may be it worked both ways... Cronje might have convinced other players to throw their games against SA...who knows

Sorry mate, that is rather funny. Cronje asking opposition to throw games? :cantstop:

[bangladeshifan]

may be it worked both ways... Cronje might have convinced other players to throw their games against SA...who knows

he is not talking about dhoni

[Desi Cartman]

I have always wondered about this. Cronje may have been deep in the murky world of match fixing but his record was spectacular as a skipper. In LOI, for example, he won 99 games out of a grand total of 138 that he led in. That is a fantastic record. How do you keep throwing games and have those kind of numbers? And if he did throw the games how better his record could have been otherwise? Guess we will never know. But all things considered I may not mind an Indian skipper with 100 wins in 138 games even if he throws an odd one here and there ;)

I think players from sub contingent were very deep into it, my guess is that Cronje just started fixing but got caught due to desi police. Although I have no sympathy for him because he threw fewer games than others but I wonder how many games were being fixed and how almost everybody got away with it. In India Pakistan, I'm sure these fixers are well connected but Cronje didn't have anybody to protect him.