HOW MATCH FIXING DRAMA UNFOLDED - PART 1

conference that the South African government and the UCBSA view the allegations ``in a most serious light. The issues at stake are the lack of protocol used on this most serious issue and the bugging of phones used by the South African team while in India.''

UCBSA President Percy Sonn expresses anger at the ``spurious'' allegations by Indian police against Cronje and says the South African has no case to answer unless Indian police release the tape recordings. Diplomatic efforts are on to have the tapes made available to the UCBSA.

Amid a growing diplomatic flare up, the South African government stepped in into the row with the Indian High Commissioner summoned to Pretoria to explain why the players' cellphones and rooms were bugged during the tour of India.

Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad tells a Johnnesburg newspaper that South Africa's High Commissioner to India had listened to excerpts from the tapes and was convinced the accents are not South African.

The Indian government turns down the High Commissioner's request for a copy of the tapes. But Pahad insists that the tapes must be handed over since ``we want to carry out our own inquiry. If there is any substance to the allegations - and I doubt very much that the individuals concerned are capable of something like that - we will take the necessary steps.''

New Delhi police widen inquiry into the match fixing scandal by sending investigators to three Indian cities and seeking Interpol's help in tracking down Sanjay Chawla. Teams are sent to Mumbai, Bangalore and Kochi to collect vital information relating to the case based on the disclosures made by Rakesh Kalra.

April 10

Indian police say it has new evidence to shore up the match fixing charges against Hansie Cronje. New Delhi Crime Branch chief Pradeep Srivastava, describing the additional evidence as ``clinching'', says ``we believe we now have sufficient evidence in the case but it is for the courts to decide.'' Srivastava says he has proof that Cronje was in contact with Sanjay Chawla during the five one day internationals played in India between March 9 and 19.

The CBI says that a request would be forwarded to Interpol soon to obtain voice samples of South African skipper Hansie Cronje and Sanjay Chawla to authenticate the taped conversations between the two allegedly involved in the match fixing scandal.

In Chennai, the BCCI president AC Muthiah says

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