ICC has stepped up the fight but the proliferation of franchise cricket has made the job of stopping corruption even harderIt was, almost everyone agreed, a deft and handsome bit of cricket. Twenty years ago this week, on the fifth day of a dead Test spoiled by three days of rain, Hansie Cronje made an irresistible offer to England´s Nasser Hussain. South Africa, he said, would declare on 248 a half hour before lunch, both teams would forfeit an innings, and England would have the rest of the day to try and win the game. They did, by two wickets.`I hope Hansie gets the credit he deserves,` Hussain said later. He did. It was `a refreshing, populist gesture` in one paper, `a triumph for all too rare positive thinking` in another, `brave, positive, and brilliant` in a third. Continue reading...
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