Published: Aug 08, 2016, 06:24 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 08, 2016, 06:24 PM (IST)
The ugly cloud of match-fixing saga in South African does not seem to get over yet. Recently, Ghulam Bodi was banned by Cricket South Africa (CSA) from playing cricket for 20-years and now, four more players have been banned.
One of the four players has represented South Africa in three Tests and he is Thami Tsolekile, who has been banned for match-fixing during the Ram Slam T20 tournament in 2015. The other three are Ethy Mbhalathi, Jean Symes and Pumelela Matshikwe.
Tsolekile has been banned for 12-years, while Mbhalathi and Matshikwe received 10-year ban with Symes to face a seven-year ban. As per a statement by CSA chief Haroon Lorgat, no evidence has been there against these players but they accepted their mistake of fixing the match. ALSO READ: Match-fixing memories come to haunt South Africa again; Gulam Bodi in fixing web
“Whilst there has been no evidence to suggest that an actual fix in any match was carried out, these players all participated in material discussions about match-fixing. In fact, they all went further and accepted, or agreed to accept in the future, sums of money which they knew or ought to have known was given to them to partake in activity that would amount to a breach of the Code, or bring the game into disrepute,” said Lorgat.
Ban on these four players came into affect on August 1 and ICC has applauded this brave step taken by CSA against such crime.
