Lonwabo Tsotsobe banned for eight years in SA cricket match-fixing saga
The fixing net snagged another big fish on Tuesday when Lonwabo Tsotsobe was banned for eight years after admitting his guilt. Tsotsobe is the third former test player after Alviro Petersen and Thami Tsolekile and the seventh player overall to be exposed as corrupt by an investigation into attempts by Asian gambling figures to manipulate matches in the 2015 franchise T20 competition. Gulam Bodi‚ who played two one-day internationals and a T20 international‚ was banned for 20 years‚ and Jean Symes‚ Ethy Mbhalati‚ Pumi Matshikwe‚ Tsolekile and Petersen for between two and 12 years. According to a Cricket South Africa (CSA) release‚ "Tsotsobe has admitted one charge of contriving to fix a match … ; two charges of failing to disclose to the CSA anti-corruption officer the full details of an approach to engage in corrupt conduct; two charges of failing to disclose full details of matters evidencing a breach of the code by another participant; three charges of failing or refusing to co-op...
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