HOW MATCH FIXING DRAMA UNFOLDED - PART 1

says he will react to the charges of match fixing only after the particulars are made available by the authorities. The details would be placed before the BCCI working committee meeting on April 28. He also says that the UCBSA has not contacted the BCCI over the matter.

Australian captain Steve Waugh, talking to reporters just before the team leaves Sydney for South Africa, says those found guilty of the charges should not be allowed to play. ``If you are found guilty you are not playing the game for the right reason, you are selling the spectators short and your teammates. There is no room for it in any sport, so if the charge is serious enough, then they should have to pay the penalty.''

April 11

South Africa says it is still waiting for a formal response from India to its request to examine the tapes. ``There has been no response as yet,'' says an embassy spokesman in New Delhi, a day after the South African High Commissioner to India Maite Nkoana-Mashabane called at the foreign ministry to request access to the tapes.

UCBSA announces that Hansie Cronje has withdrawn from the three match one day series against Australia commencing on April 12. His place will be taken by Dave Callaghan and Shaun Pollock is the new captain.

The UCBSA sacks Hansie Cronje after he admits having been ``dishonest'' with the board over his activities in India, says Ali Bacher. The UCBSA chief says he and Percy Sonn had received a call from Cronje to say that he had been dishonest with the board. ``As a consequence the UCBSA decided to withdraw Cronje from the South African team for Wednesday's limited overs match against Australia at Durban.''

Hansie Cronje acknowledges receiving 10,000 to 15000 dollars during the one day series in India but denies taking part in match fixing. Ali Bacher says the South African government will launch an inquiry into the allegations.

Confusion reigns as Hansie Cronje denies that he had received any money in the match fixing scandal minutes after Ali Bacher declares that Cronje had acknowledged receiving money. Bacher tells a press conference in Durban that Cronje had been paid between 10,000 and 15,000 dollars during a triangular series in South Africa for ``providing information and forecast but not match fixing.'' However Cronje in a statement issued through Sports Minister Ngconde Balfour in Cape Town says ``I never

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