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Cronje received death threats, King told

Hansie Cronje received death threats, his lawyer claimed Monday after South African cricket boss Ali Bacher made sensational claims about match-fixing in international cricket.

Bacher told the King Commission that he had received "threats of physical violence" during the controversy about match-fixing which led to Cronje being sacked as South African captain.

Lawyer John Dickerson, for Cronje, said the former captain had also received threats, including death threats.

He made the disclosure after asking Bacher about the threats that had been made against him.

Earlier, Bacher said he had been told by former Pakistan cricket chief executive Majid Khan that two matches involving Pakistan during the 1999 World Cup in England were "fixed".

Bacher said he had information from an Indian bookmaker that Pakistan umpire Javed Akhtar was "on the payroll" when he made eight crucial decisions against South Africa in their decisive Test against England in Leeds in 1998.