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The 'Hansie' tapes

As part of the First Information Report filed in connection with the match-fixing case allegedly involving Hansie Cronje, the South African cricket captain, the Delhi police have attached partial transcripts of a telephone conversation between 'Hansie' and 'Sanjay', recorded on March 14, 2000, at the Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi.

Sanjay: Hello, Hi Hansie

Hansie: Hello, Hi Sanjay... You back in London?

Sanjay: Yeah, I am in London

Hansie: I had a look at pitch today. I can turn big.

Sanjay: It can turn big?

Sanjay: Is Strydom playing?

Hansie: Yes, he is playing. Yeah

Sanjay: Boje?

Hansie: Boje is playing

Sanjay: And who is playing? Gibbs?

Hansie: Gibbs and myself

Sanjay: Yeah, what about anybody else?

Hansie: No. I won't be able to get more.

Sanjay: You won't be able to get more

Hansie: No

Sanjay: Okay just tell me. But you have only four with you and not anybody else?

Hansie: No

Sanjay: Klusener...?

Hansie: No. No. Impossible, impossible

Hansie: No. No. They were saying that they were already doing Cochin. The other guys are already angry with me because I have not received their money you know.

Sanjay: No. But I told you I have already given him altogether 60.

Hansie: Ok

Sanjay: And tomorrow I can deposit the money in your account. It is not a problem because of the time difference. Tomorrow myself can deposit the money.

Sanjay: Okay, and now how many runs for Gibbs?

Hansie: Less than twenty

Sanjay: Less than twenty?

Hansie: Yeah

Sanjay: Okay. So everything is according to plan, they have to score at least 230?

Hansie: Yeah

Sanjay: And if you score 270, it is all off?

Hansie: Okay. And financially the guys want 25. They want 25 each.

Sanjay: Alright, okay

Hansie: So that's 75 for those three and -- What can you pay me? I do not know how much you can pay me...

Sanjay: You say...

Hansie: If you give me …. 140 for everybody

Sanjay: 140 altogether?

Hansie: Yeah

Sanjay: Okay, that's fine

Hansie: Okay

Sanjay: And we will sort something out for the previous one as well.

Hansie: Okay, sure

Sanjay: Yeah?

Hansie: Alright, so we definitely are on

Sanjay: Okay and one last thing I want to ask you… you know just in case India bat first and if they get our for less than 250 and when you come to bat in the second innings, is it possible that you could ask Gibbs to--- his wicket -- we will .... him out and try and score slowly and not so fast so that, you know.... maybe we can get...

Hansie: Okay

Sanjay: And just in case India is out for less than 250 ….

Hansie: Okay I will tell him

Sanjay: Yeah?

Hansie: I will tell him.

Sanjay: Because if he starts scoring so early then we won't be able to get out of it.

Hansie: Okay. Not so early for the first five or six in the Indian outings

Sanjay: Yeah

Hansie: Okay

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Cronje named in match-fixing scam
Previous reports on match-fixing and betting