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- Birth nameWessel Johannes Cronje
- Height6′ 3¼″ (1.91 m)
- Hansie Cronje was born on September 25, 1969 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, South Africa. He died on June 1, 2002 in Craddock Peak, Western Cape, South Africa.
- Was banned from playing cricket for life in 2000 for his part in a match- fixing scandal.
- Captain of the South African cricket team from 1994 to 2000.
- Revealed to both Indian and South African police officials he had accepted money to leak crucial team information and tried to bribe players to underperform. He also revealed that it was former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin who introduced him to bookies like Sanjeev Chawla during South Africa's 1996 tour of India.
- Captained South Africa in 53 tests, winning 27 of them.
- Barring Australia, which was the best team of his generation, he registered a test series win against each team he led South Africa against.
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