Who was the South African cricket captain who was banned for life in 2000 for his part in a match-fixing scandal?
South Africa cricket match fixing or coaching cricket for life. He challenged his life ban in September 2001 but on 17 October 2001, his application was dismissed. After 13 years on July 22, 2013 the Delhi Police registered an FIR for match-fixing in 2000, the chargesheet in the case involving a few South African cricketers including its former captain Hansie Cronje, was finally filed. South Africa cricket match fixing South Africa cricket match fixing refers to match fixing performed by several players of the South African cricket team, during their tour to India in the year 2000. The team was led by Hansie Cronje. On
2013 Lebanese match fixing scandal 2013 Lebanese match fixing scandal In 2013, Lebanese footballers, Ramez Dayoub (playing for Selangor FA) and Mahmoud El Ali (playing in Persiba Balikpapan), were banned for life by the Lebanese Football Association for participating in match fixing scandals. 22 players were investigated for this. FIFA held an investigation in order to crack down on match fixing across the world. The investigation was mostly concentrated on European football, but the investigation also took place in Africa, South America and in Asia. In 2012, over 50 countries were under investigation for match-fixing. That number being about one quarter of the entire 209