The United Cricket Board and the government have been deceived. Doubts now surround England's victory in the last Test at Centurion, where Cronje took the unexpected step of forfeiting an innings. He wasn't in the habit of giving something to the other side or making a game of it. But South African team-mates said the offer was discussed in three team meetings before being declined. Jonty Rhodes, Dave Richardson and Andrew Hudson were vehemently against it.
Some guys are always keen at the end of their careers.
It is always a carrot, it is a lot of money. Rajesh Kalra, an associate of Chawla arrested last week, is reported to have given Indian police the names of three players involved in match-fixing. Having asked Lewis for the names of the three England players alleged to have taken money to influence matches, the ECB pass the information on to Scotland Yard to investigate further. The Guardian newspaper reports that Cronje allegedly accepted an 85,000 bribe as an advance to fix one-day matches in India, according to evidence obtained by Indian police. These things are obviously going on.