HOW MATCH FIXING DRAMA UNFOLDED - PART 1

Bacher says Cronje's contract with the UCBSA has been suspended and he will not receive a slary at the end of April.

Cronje's version, relayed through Balfour is that earlier in the year he was contacted by a South African during the series with England and Zimbabwe which was about three weeks before the tour of India. ``While I was in India I was again contacted. I mentioned names of players but in fact I never spoke to a single player about throwing a match. I never received any financial rewards. I wish to emphasise that the allegations of match fixing by myself are devoid of all truth.''

New Delhi Police Commissioner Ajay Raj Sharma says Cronje's sacking is ``a vindication of our stand.'' Senior police officials say they are ``widening the investigation'' into the match fixing case.

New Delhi Joint Police Commissioner KK Paul says that Rajesh Kalra has named more people in the scandal. ``Some more names have cropped up during the investigation and through Kalra's interrogation but these names do not relate to members of the Indian team,'' he says.

South African fast bowling great Allan Donald says that Hansie Cronje was set up. ``By the looks of it he was set up but at the end of the day it does not matter. If you accept money you are leaving yoursle open,'' adding that Cronje had shown poor judgement.

Sanjay Chawla, one of the main accused in the scandal, denies he was involved or had met or spoken to Hansie Cronje. A statement by his lawyer in London says he would not like to meet the press and that he would not make further comments until the matter had blown over.

April 12

Wisden editor Mathew Engel says the current betting scandal could be linked to the lack of official action over the infamous bet of Rodney Marsh and Dennis Lillee in 1981. ``If you go right back to the beginning of this, in 1981 when Lillee and Marsh bet against their own side in a Test match, nothing was done against them,'' he points out. ``That set the standard of inaction and complacency on the part of cricket's administrators - that the whole thing did not matter. I found it shameful then and I find it shameful now.''

ICC president Jagmohan Dalmiya says it will order a full scale inquiry into the

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