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Disgraced South African Cricket Captain Apologizes to Fans

"…Cronje said he drew some consolation from the fact that he had never fixed a match and had always played to the best of his ability.

"The government appointed a commission of inquiry into corruption in South African cricket after Cronje confessed in April to receiving a single payment from a gambler - an admission that sparked the country's biggest sporting scandal.

"In testimony before the commission, Cronje admitted he had accepted five separate illicit payments totalling about 100,000 US from gamblers and said a sixth $20,000 deposit into his bank account could have been in exchange for match information as well. Cronje, 30, spent three days under cross-questioning from the commission last week, and broke down in tears as he left the witness stand on Friday.

"The commission resumed public hearings Monday. It heard testimony from Johannesburg businessman Hamid Cassiem, who Cronje said acted as an intermediary between himself and London bookmaker Sanjay Chawla.

"…London bookmaker Sanjiv Chawla has been implicated by the Indian police, and Cassiem said this was the same man he had introduced to Cronje.

"…Cronje will be given amnesty from criminal prosecution if the commission decides he has made a full disclosure of his involvement in the illicit deals."

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