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Conspiracy theories that Cronje was murdered on the orders of a cricket betting syndicate flourished after 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. It was alleged that he was murdered to hide the truths behind match-fixing.
Jun 1, 2020 · Hansie Cronje died in a plane crash at 32 on June 1, 2002. Cronje is among the most successful captains in South Africa cricket. Two years before his death, Cronje admitted that he had taken bribes from an Indian bookmaker.
Jun 1, 2002 · The news of Hansie Cronje's death in a plane crash has saddened opponents and colleagues of the former South African captain. Cronje's former South Africa team-mate Gary Kirsten said: "It's...
Jun 1, 2002 · Hansie Cronje's tragic death in an air crash near George in South Africa's southern Cape on Saturday has ended one of the saddest episodes in South African sport.
Away from cricket, Cronje – a devout Christian – had been rebuilding his life as a financial manager for a Johannesburg company. His death shocked the cricketing fraternity and more than 2000 mourners attended his funeral. ALSO READ: Twenty Years On, Cricket Still Reeling from Hansie Cronje Corruption Scandal.
Cronje, Wessel Johannes, South Africa's cricket captain in a record 53 Tests and 138 one-day internationals between 1994 and 2000, died on June 1, 2002 when the cargo plane in which he was...
Jun 1, 2016 · On June 1, 2002, an AirQuarius cargo flight crashed on Cradock Peak in the Outeniqua mountain range, ending the tumultuous life of tainted South African captain Hansie Cronje.
May 31, 2020 · (Reuters) - All-rounder Hansie Cronje, who died on this day in 2002, flirted with greatness but succumbed to temptation, exposing the dark world of bribery in cricket before his tragic death...
Jun 1, 2011 · On 1 June 2002 the former South African Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, died along with two pilots in a Hawker Siddeley 748 - 372 aircraft which crashed into the Outeniqua Mountains in the Southern Cape.
Jun 1, 2002 · Hansie Cronje's tragic death in an air crash near George in South Africa's southern Cape on Saturday has ended one of the saddest episodes in South African sport.
