Hansie Cronje banned for life

The United Cricket Board of South Africa Tuesday passed a life-ban on disgraced former captain Hansie Cronje, who has admitted receiving money from bookmakers.

The ban, which was widely expected, extends to all the UCBSA's related cricket activities as well as that of its affiliates, a board statement said.

The resolution was passed by the UCBSA general council at a meeting in Johannesburg on Tuesday.

Cronje in June admitted to the King Commission of inquiry in often tearful testimony that he received thousands of dollars from gamblers and bookmakers on five separate occasions between 1996 and 2000.

He also confessed that he offered teammates money in exchange for underperforming in Test matches.

The commission will resume its hearings into the matter in November and is likely to make recommendations to government by early December, according to sports minister Ngconde Balfour.

According to the UCBSA resolution, Cronje has seven days from Tuesday to make representations to the general council regarding the resolution.

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