Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje ('KRON-year') (September 25, 1969 - June 1, 2002) was a South African cricketer and captain of the South African national cricket team in the 1990s. He was voted the 11th greatest South African in 2004 despite having been banned for life from professional cricket for his role in a match-fixing scandal. is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... Great South Africans was a South African television series that aired on SABC3 and hosted by Noeleen Maholwana Sangqu and Denis Beckett. ...

Early life

Born in Bloemfontein, Cronje matriculated in 1987 from the prestigious Grey College school in Bloemfontein. An excellent all round sportsman, he represented the then Orange Free State in cricket and rugby at schools level. Bloemfontein at night Bloemfontein (IPA: , Afrikaans and Dutch for spring of Bloem (bloom), flower spring or fountain of flowers is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa. ... Grey College can refer to: Grey College, University of Durham, England Grey College, Bloemfontein, South Africa This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Flag of the Orange Free State Capital Bloemfontein Language(s) Afrikaans, English Religion Dutch Reformed Church Government Republic President  - 1854 - 1855 Josias P. Hoffman  - 1855 - 1859 Jacobus Nicolaas Boshoff  - 1859 - 1863 Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (also President of the South African Republic from 1857 to 1871). ...

His father Ewie had played for Orange Free State in the 1960s, and Hansie's older brother Frans had also played first-class cricket. The Orange Free State cricket team was a cricket team that played in the South African cricket competition until the province of Orange Free State was renamed to become the Free State in 1995. ... First-class cricket matches are those between international teams or the highest standard of domestic teams in which teams have two innings each. ...

First-class career

Cronje made his first-class debut for Orange Free State against Transvaal at Johannesburg in January 1988 at the age of 18. In the following season he was a regular appearing in all eight Currie Cup matches plus being part of the Benson and Hedges Series winning team, scoring 73 as an opener in the final. In 1989/90 despite playing all the Currie Cup matches he failed to make a century and averaged only 19.76 however in one-day games he averaged 60.12. During that season he scored his maiden century for South African Universities against Mike Gatting's rebels ^[1]. Transvaal cricket team was the cricket team of the province of Transvaal in South Africa until 1994 when the province formally ceased to exist. ... This article is about the city in South Africa. ... The SuperSport Series is the main domestic cricket competition in South Africa, first contested (as the Currie Cup) in 1889/90. ... Michael William Gatting (born June 6, 1957) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club. ... During the isolation of South Africa from international cricket during the apartheid regime from 1970 to 1991, a number of government sponsored international cricket tours were organised (see International cricket in South Africa (1971 to 1981)). In the 1980s, these tours were known as the South African rebel tours and...

Despite having just turned 21 Cronje was made captain of Orange Free State for the 1990/1 season. He scored his maiden century for them against Natal in December 1990, and finished the season with another century and a total of 715 runs at 39.72. That season he also scored 159* in a 40-over match against Griqualand West. The KwaZulu Natal cricket team (formerly Natal cricket team) is the first-class cricket team that represents the province of KwaZulu Natal (formerly Natal) in South Africa. ... The Griqualand West cricket team is the first-class cricket team that represents the province of Griqualand West in South Africa. ...

In 1992/3 he captained Orange Free State to the Castle Cup/Total Power Series double.

In 1995 Cronje appeared for Leicestershire where he scored 1301 runs at 52.04 finishing the season as the county's leading scorer. Grace Road cricket ground,Leicester. ...

In 1995/6 he finished the season top of the batting averages in the Currie Cup ^[2] his top score of 158 helped Free State chase down 389 to beat Northern Transvaal ^[3].

In 1997, Cronje played for Ireland as an overseas player in the Benson and Hedges Cup and helped them to a 46-run win over Middlesex by scoring 94 not out and taking three wickets ^[4]. This was Ireland's first ever win against English county opposition ^[5]. Later in the same competition he scored 85 and took 1 wicket against Glamorgan ^[6]. May refer to: Benson and Hedges Cup (Cricket) Benson and Hedges Cup (Ice_Hockey) Category: ... Middlesex County Cricket Club is a first-class cricket club in England, named after the historic county of Middlesex in which their home ground, Lords Cricket Ground in London, is located. ... Glamorgan County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Glamorgan aka Glamorganshire (Welsh: ). Glamorgan CCC is the only Welsh first-class cricket club. ...

International career

Debuts

Cronje's form in 1991/2 was impressive especially in the one-day format where he averaged 61.40. He earned an international call up for the 1992 World Cup, making his One-Day International debut against Australia at Sydney. During the tournament he played in eight of the teams nine games, averaging 34.00 with the bat while his medium pace was used bowling 20 overs. The Cricket World Cup in 1992 (aka Benson & Hedges World Cup) was the fifth edition of the tournament and was won by Pakistan. ... One-day International (ODI) is a form of cricket, which is played over 50 overs per side between two national cricket teams. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ...

After the World Cup Cronje was part of the tour to the West Indies he featured in the three ODI’s and in the Test match at Bridgetown that followed he made his Test debut, this was South Africa first Test since readmission and they came close to beating a strong West Indian side, going into the final day at 122/2 chasing 200 they collapsed to 148. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For the womens version of the game, see Womens Test cricket. ... Learie Constantine, was one of the first great West Indian players. ...

India toured South Africa in 1992/3. In the one-day series Cronje managed just one fifty but with the ball he was economical and took his career best figures of 5/32, becoming the second South African to take 5 wickets in an ODI ^[7]. In the Test series that followed he scored his maiden test century, 135 off 411 balls, after coming in at 0-1 in the second over he was last man out, after eight and three-quarter hours, in a total of 275. This contributed to South Africa's first Test win since readmission. At the end of the season in a triangular tournament with Pakistan and West Indies he scored 81 off 70 balls against Pakistan.

In South Africa's next Test series against Sri Lanka Cronje scored his second Test century, 122 in the second Test in Colombo, the victory margin of an innings and 208 runs is a South African record. He finished the series with 237 runs at 59.25 after scoring 73* in the drawn third Test. Map of Colombo with its administrative districts Coordinates: , District Colombo District Government  - Mayor Uvaiz Mohammad Imitiyaz (Sri Lanka Freedom Party) Area  - City 37. ...

Stand-in captain

In 1993/4 there was another Castle Cup/Total Power Series double for Orange Free State. In international cricket he was named as vice-captain for the tour of Australia despite being the youngest member of the squad. In the first ODI of the triangular tournament with New Zealand and Australia he guided South Africa to victory against Australia with 91* which won him the man of the match award. He scored 71 in a rain affected first Test at Melbourne before a tense second Test that South Africa won by 5 runs, an injury to captain Kepler Wessels meant Cronje was captain for the final day of the match. Between the second and third Tests the one-day tournament continued, now with Cronje as captain, South Africa made the final series but lost it 2-1 to Australia. He became South Africa's second-youngest Test captain, after Murray Bisset in 1898-99, when he led the team for the third Test at Adelaide but it was an unsuccessful start to his captaincy career as the series was squared. This article is about the Australian city; the name may also refer to City of Melbourne or Melbourne city centre. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Murray Bisset (born April 14, 1876, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, died October 24, 1931, Harare, Zimbabwe) was an South African cricketer who played in 3 Tests from 1899 to 1910. ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ...

In February 1994 there was the return series as Australia toured South Africa. Cronje started the ODI series with scores of 112, 97, 45 and 50* and when Australia played Orange Free State in there final match before the first Test, Cronje hit 251 off 306 balls, 200 of these came on the final day in which 294 runs were added, despite this Orange Free State lost the match. In the first Test at Johannesburg he added another century as South Africa won by 197 runs. This innings was the end of a 14 day period in which he'd scored 721 runs against the Aussies. However he failed to reach fifty in the next two Tests and four ODIs as both series were drawn.

There was another drawn series when South Africa toured England in 1994, Cronje scoring just one century on the whole tour and scored only 90 runs in the three Test series. In October 1994, South Africa again came up against Australia, in a triangular one-day series also featuring Pakistan, Cronje scored 354 runs at an average of 88.50 but despite this South Africa lost all their matches ^[8]. This series was Bob Woolmer's first as coach and Kepler Wessels' last as captain. Cronje who'd previously been vice-captain was named as captain for the Test series with New Zealand in 1994/5. Robert Andrew Woolmer (14 May 1948 – 18 March 2007) was an international cricketer, professional cricket coach and also a professional commentator. ...

Permanent captain

South Africa lost the first Test in Johannesburg but before the second Test the two teams plus Pakistan and Sri Lanka competed for the Mandela Trophy, New Zealand failed to gain a win in the six match round robin stage while South Africa beat Pakistan in the final. This changed the momentum as South Africa secured wins in Durban and Cape Town, where Cronje scored his fourth Test century, he was the first captain since W. G. Grace to win a three-match rubber after being one down. In early 1995 South Africa won one-off Tests against both Pakistan and New Zealand, in Auckland Cronje scored the only century of the match before a final day declaration left his bowlers just enough time to dismiss the Kiwis. Map of South Africa showing Durbans location. ... Nickname: Motto: Spes Bona (Latin for Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Coordinates: , Country Province Municipality City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality Founded 1652 Government [1]  - Type City council  - Mayor Helen Zille  - City manager Achmat Ebrahim Area  - City 2,499 km²  (964. ... William Gilbert WG Grace (July 18, 1848 – October 23, 1915) was an English cricketer who, by his extraordinary skills, made cricket perhaps the first modern spectator sport, and who developed most of the techniques of modern batting. ... For other uses, see Auckland (disambiguation). ...

In October 1995 South Africa won a one-off Test with Zimbabwe, Cronje scoring a second innings 54* to guide them to seven wicket win. In the two one-dayers that followed he took five wickets as South Africa won both comfortably. South Africa won the five Test series against England 1-0 despite Cronje struggling, scoring just 113 runs at 18.83. However, he top scored in the one-day series which they won 6-1.

In the 1996 World Cup he scored 78 and 45* against New Zealand and Pakistan respectively as South Africa won their group but in the Quarter final with West Indies a Brian Lara century ended their 10 game winning streak. The 1996 Cricket World Cup was won by Sri Lanka who beat Australia by 7 wickets at the final in Lahore. ... Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed, The Prince of Port-of-Spain or simply The Prince) was a peerless record-breaking cricketer, and the finest batsman to have graced the gentlemans game. ...

1996/97 featured back-to-back series with India, the first away was lost 2-1 the home series was won 2-0, in the six Tests combined Cronje managed just one fifty. Cronje produced better form against Australia averaging over 50 in both Test and ODI series although both were lost.

Cronje started 1997/98 by leading South Africa to their first series victory in Pakistan, his batting continued to struggle with his biggest contribution being taking the wickets of Inzamam-ul-Haq and Moin Khan in the Third Test ^[9]. Inzamam-ul-Haq (born 3 March 1970) is a Pakistani cricketer. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ...

Better form

Cronje once again came up against Australia and once again ended on the losing side. In the triangular one day series they won the group with Australia just scrapping through, they also won the first 'final' but South Africa lost the last two finals. During the group matches Cronje had threatened to lead his team off after Pat Symcox had missiles thrown at him, Symcox had the last laugh ending the match with 4/24. Before the Test series started he scored consecutive centuries against Tasmania and Australia A these were his first in two years. Patrick Leonard Symcox (born 14 April 1960) played 20 tests and 80 one-day internationals for South Africa in the 1990s and played provincial cricket for the Natal Dolphins in Durban. ... The Tasmanian Tigers are the official first-class cricket team of Tasmania, Australia. ... The Australia A cricket team is a national cricket team representing Australia, and is the second tier of international Australian cricket below the full Australian cricket team. ...

In the first Test Cronje scored 70 as South Africa saved the match, in the second Test he lasted 335 minutes for his 88 despite this they lost by an innings. In the third Test they scored 517 and although Mark Taylor carried his bat for 169, Australia needed to bat 109 overs to save the match. Mark Waugh batted 404 minutes and despite controversy when Waugh hit one of his bails off (under Law 35 he was adjudged to have finished his stroke and therefore given not out) South Africa fell three wickets short. Cronje put a stump through the umpires dressing room door after the match and was lucky to avoid a ban ^[10]. Mark Anthony Taylor (born 27 October 1964 in Leeton, New South Wales; nicknamed Tubby or Tubs) was an Australian cricket player and Test opening batsman from 1988–1999, as well as captain from 1994–1999, succeeding Allan Border. ... Mark Edward Waugh AM (born June 2, 1965 in Sydney) is a former Australian cricketer, who represented Australia in Test matches from early 1991 to late 2002, and made his one-day international debut in 1988. ...

Cronje missed the first Test of the series with Pakistan because of a knee injury, the second Test at Durban was lost but he top scored at Port Elizabeth with 85 to help square the three Test series 1-1. There was still time in the season for a two Test series with Sri Lanka, the first was won with Cronje scoring 49 and 74, in the second Test he took 3/14, his best bowling in Tests, ^[11] and smassed 82 off 63 balls, his fifty was brought up with 3 consecutive sixes off Muttiah Muralitharan and was reached off just 31 balls, at the time it was the second fastest in Tests after Kapil Dev. In the triangular series, which South Africa won, he scored only one fifty at East London where he also took 2/17 off 10 overs ^[12]. Port Elizabeth is a city in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, at 33°58′ S 25°36′ E. The city is located on Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa. ... Muttiah Muralitharan (born April 17, 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka), often referred to simply as Murali, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in cricket history. ... Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj[1] (कपिल देव) ( ) (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders to have played Cricket. ... East London (Afrikaans: Oos-Londen, Xhosa: Imonti) is a city in southeast South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province at 32. ...

During the 1998 Test series against England Cronje scored five consecutive fifties having failed to score one in the nine previous Tests against them. In his fifty Test, at Trent Bridge he scored 126, his sixth and last Test century and his first in 29 matches. During his second innings of 67 he passed 3,000 runs only the second South African to do so ^[13]. However England won the Test and the one at Headingley to win the series 2-1, Cronje finished the series as South Africa's top scorer with 401 runs at 66.83. For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... , Headingley is a suburb of the English city of Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire. ...

Whitewash, tie and forfeit

In the West Indies series of 1998/9 Cronje captained South Africa to their only whitewash in a 5 Test series ^[14]. However his best batting against West Indies came when playing for Free State, he scored 158* as they chased down 438 and made up a first innings deficit of 249 ^[15]. In the ODI series he was South Africa's top scorer and took 11 wickets at 14.72 as South Africa won 6-1. In March 1999 they toured New Zealand beating them 1-0 in the Test series and 3-2 in the one-dayers.

Cronje's form at the 1999 World Cup was poor, finishing with 98 runs at 12.25 as South Africa 'lost' to Australia in the famous Semi-final at Edgbaston. In their first match of the tournament versus India Cronje came onto the field with an earpiece wired to coach Bob Woolmer at the first drinks break match referee Talat Ali ordered him to remove it ^[16]. The 1999 Cricket World Cup was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands also hosted some games. ... Edgbaston constituency shown within Birmingham Edgbaston is an area and ward in the city of Birmingham in England. ... Robert Andrew Woolmer (14 May 1948 – 18 March 2007) was an international cricketer, professional cricket coach and also a professional commentator. ... Talat Ali Malik (born May 29, 1950, Lahore, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in ten Tests from 1972 to 1979. ...

In October 1999 Cronje became South Africa's highest Test run scorer during the first Test against Zimbabwe ^[17]. The two Test series was won 2-0 thanks to innings victories. The series with England was won in the fourth Test at Cape Town, Cronje's fiftieth as captain.

The fifth Test at Centurion was ruined by rain - going into the final day only 45 overs had been possible with South Africa 155/6. On the final morning as they batted on news filtered through that the captains had meet and were going to "make a game of it" a target of 250 off 70 overs was agreed. When South Africa reached 248/8 Cronje declared, both teams then forfeited an innings leaving England a target of 249 to win the Test, they did with two wickets left and only five balls remaining. It ended South Africa's 14 game unbeaten streak in Test cricket. Centurion can mean: In the military: Centurion (Roman army), a professional officer of the Roman army who commanded a large amount of men. ...

Cronje top scored with 56 after South Africa were left reeling at 21-5 in the Final of the triangular tournament which featured England and Zimbabwe ^[18]. Cronje struggled against India in his final Test series scoring just 25 runs in two Tests (he took six wickets) however South Africa were still able to complete their first series win in India. India's first lost series at home since 1987.

On 31 March 2000 his cricket career finished with a 73-ball 79 against Pakistan in the final of Sharjah Cup 1999/00 ^[19]. is the 90th day of the year (91st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

Career record

Under Cronje's captaincy South Africa won 27 Tests and lost 11, completing series victories against every team except Australia. He captained them in a record number of Tests and to a record number of victories ^[20]. He captained the One-Day International team to 99 wins out of 138 matches with one tied match and three no results. Again he holds the South African record for matches captained in and matches won as captain^[21]. His 99 wins as captain makes him the third most successful captain worldwide in terms of matches won, behind Ricky Ponting and Allan Border, and in terms of percentage of wins (73.70), behind Ponting and Clive Lloyd ^[22]. Between September 1993 and March 2000 he played in 162 consecutive ODI's, a South African record ^[23]. The result in a game of cricket may be a win for one of the two teams playing, a draw or a tie. ... Ricky Thomas Ponting (born December 19, 1974, in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian cricketer and current captain of the Australia national cricket team (for both One-Day International and Test cricket). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Clive Hubert Lloyd CBE, born 31 August 1944 in Georgetown, British Guiana (now Guyana), is a former West Indies cricketer. ...

Match fixing

On 7 April 2000, Delhi police reveal they have a recording of a conversation between Cronje and Sanjay Chawla, a representative of an Indian betting syndicate, over match-fixing allegations. Three other players: Herschelle Gibbs, Nicky Boje and Pieter Strydom were also implicated. On 8 April 2000 the UCBSA (United Cricket Board of South Africa) denied that any of their players were involved in match-fixing, Cronje said "the allegations are completely without substance" ^[24]. On April 11 Cronje is sacked as captain after confessing to Ali Bacher that he had not been "entirely honest". He admits accepting between $10,000 and $15,000 from a London-based bookmaker, for 'forecasting' results, not match fixing during the recent one day series in India. April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (98th in leap years). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 23 February 1974 in Cape Town) is a South African cricketer, more specifically a batsman. ... Nico Nicky Boje (born 20 March 1973, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State) and attended the prestigious Grey College in Bloemfontein was a South African cricketer who played in 41 Tests and 115 one-day internationals for South Africa. ... Pieter Coenraad Strydom (b. ... A bookmaker, bookie or turf accountant, is an organization or a person that takes bets and may pay winnings depending upon results and, depending on the nature of the bet, the odds. ... Match fixing or game fixing in organized sports occurs when a match is played to a completely or partially pre-determined result. ...

On 7 June the King Commission began, the following day Gibbs revealed that Cronje had offered him $15,000 to score less than 20 runs in the 5th ODI at Nagpur. He also admitted another offer of $15,000 to Henry Williams to concede more than 50 runs in that same match. Gibbs scored 74 off 53 balls and Williams injured his shoulder and couldn't complete his second over so neither received the $15,000. Off-spinner Derek Crookes was also a witness he admitted being suprised to open the bowling at Nagpur ^[25]. is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Smith Williams (b. ... Derek Norman Crookes (b. ...

On the 15 June Cronje read a statement that revealed all his contact with bookmakers. In 1996 during the third Test in Kanpur, he was introduced to Mukesh Gupta by Mohammad Azharuddin. Gupta gave Cronje $30,000 to persuade the South Africans to lose wickets on the last day to lose the match, South Africa were 127/5 chasing 460, Cronje was already out and spoke to no other players "I had received money for doing nothing". During the return tour Cronje received $50,000 from Gupta for team information. Mohammad Azharuddin   (born 8 February 1963, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh) is a former captain of the Indian cricket team. ...

In 2000 Centurion Test Marlon Arenstam contacted him offering R500,000 for the charity of his choice together with a gift if Cronje declared and made a game of it. He also admitted asking Pieter Strydom to place a R50 bet on South Africa to win for him. After the match Arenstam visited Cronje giving him two amounts of money (R30,000 and R20,000) together with a leather jacket. The promised R500,000 did not materialise. Before the one-day series Cronje received repeated calls from "Sanjay" asking to fix a match, Cronje gave him the names of Gibbs, Strydom and Boje to try and get rid of him. But Cronje was offered $140,000 for the fifth ODI if Gibbs scored under 20, Williams went for more than 50 and South Africa scored around 270.^[26]

On 28 August Gibbs and Williams were suspended from playing international cricket for 6 months. Gibbs was also fined R60,000 and Williams R10,000, while Strydom received no punishment ^[27]. is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

On 11 October Cronje was banned from playing or coaching cricket for life ^[28]. He challenged his life ban in September 2001 but on 17 October 2001 his application was dismissed ^[29]. The Delhi police recording which started the controversy were never heard during the King Commission. is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Plane crash

On 1 June 2002 Cronje's scheduled flight home from Bloemfontein to George had been grounded so instead he hitched a ride as the only passenger on a cargo flight in a Hawker Siddeley 748 turboprop aircraft. Near George airport, the pilots lost visibility in cloud, and were unable to land, partly due to unserviceable navigational equipment. While circling, the plane crashed into the Outeniqua mountains northeast of the airport. Cronje, aged 32, and the two pilots were killed instantly. is the 152nd day of the year (153rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... George is the administrative capital of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. ... Hawker-Ciggerley was a group of UK aircraft manufacturing companies formed as a result of the merger of Hawker Aircraft with Armstrong Siddeley. ... The Outeniqua Mountain Range is a mountain range located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. ...

In August 2006 an inquest into the plane crash by South Africa's High Court started ^[30] - the inquest reached the conclusion that "the death of the deceased Wessel Johannes (Hansie) Cronje was brought about by an act or omission prima facie amounting to an offence on the part of pilots." ^[31] Look up prima facie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

However, theories that Cronje was murdered - on the orders of a cricket betting syndicate - have flourished since his death, and were most recently re-floated by former Nottinghamshire coach Clive Rice in the wake of the death of Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer in March 2007 ^[32]. Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts) is an English county in the East Midlands, which borders South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire. ... Clive Edward Butler Rice (b. ...

Trivia

Following the introduction of shirt numbers in cricket, Cronje usually wore the number "5" on his back. Currently the number "5" is not worn by other South African players as a mark of respect. Some have worn "05" or "5+0", but not "5" on its own ^[33]. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... In team sports, the squad number, shirt number, jersey number, sweater number, or uniform number is the number worn on a players outfit. ...

In 1994 he accidentally hit and killed a black girl with his car after she had run out in front of him. He had been driving through a village in northern Natal and after hitting her he stopped and attempted to assist the girl. The villagers however, some with knives, were hostile and he was forced to leave ^[34].

See also

• Declaration and forfeiture - Cronje was the only Test captain to ever forfeit an innings
• List of South Africans - voted 11 in the SABC3's Great South Africans
• List of people who died in aviation-related incidents
• List of cricketers banned for match fixing

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References

1. ^ South African Universities v England XI, 1989/90, Scorecard
2. ^ Batting Averages in Castle Cup 1995/6
3. ^ Free State v Northern Transvaal, Castle Cup 1995/6, Scorecard
4. ^ Ireland v Middlesex, Benson & Hedges Cup 1997, Scorecard
5. ^ Ireland v Middlesex, Benson & Hedges Cup 1997, Match Report
6. ^ Glamorgan v Ireland, Benson & Hedges Cup 1997, Scorecard
7. ^ South Africa v India, 1st ODI 1992/3, Match Report
8. ^ Batting Averages for South Africa, Wills Triangular Series 1994/5
9. ^ Pakistan v South Africa, 3rd Test 1997/8, Scorecard
10. ^ Australia v South Africa, 3rd Test, Match Report
11. ^ South Africa v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test 1997/8, Scorecard
12. ^ South Africa v Pakistan, Standard Bank International Series 1997/8 Scorecard
13. ^ S. Africa - England series highlights
14. ^ Tests - Whitewashes
15. ^ Free State v West Indians, 1998/9, Scorecard
16. ^ Earpiece row mars South Africa win
17. ^ South Africa v Zimbabwe, 1st Test 1999/00, Scorecard
18. ^ South Africa v England, Standard Bank International Series 1999/00 Final, Scorecard
19. ^ Pakistan v South Africa, Coca-Cola Sharjah Cup 1999/00 Final, Scorecard
20. ^ Tests - Most matches as captain (South Africa)
21. ^ ODIs - Most matches as captain (South Africa)
22. ^ ODIs - Most matches as captain
23. ^ ODIs - Most consecutive matches for a team
24. ^ UCBSA statement on match fixing allegations
25. ^ Hansie offered me $15,000, says Gibbs
26. ^ Cronje finally comes clean
27. ^ Six-month bans for Gibbs, Williams
28. ^ Cronje banned for life
29. ^ Cronje remains an outcast
30. ^ Cronje inquest opens
31. ^ Pilot error caused Cronje crash
32. ^ Did a cricketer kill Woolmer?
33. ^ Collingwood's rare honour, and 551 and losing
34. ^ Obituary: Hansie Cronje

External links

• Match fixing scandal
• Cronje Sacked
• Hansie Cronje killed in a plane crash