Hansie Cronje, match-fixing and the plane crash which left a complex legacy for South Africa and cricket

In April 2000, Delhi police revealed recorded conversations implicating South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje in match-fixing, leading to his confession and subsequent lifetime ban from cricket. His death in a plane crash in June 2002 sparked conspiracy theories, although experts dismissed claims of foul play, citing pilot error and weather issues as the cause.

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