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Hansie Cronje
South Africa | Allrounder

INTL CAREER: 1992 - 2000

Overview Stats Records Matches Videos News Photos

FULL NAME
Wessel Johannes Cronje

BORN DIED
September 25, 1969, Bloemfontein, Orange Free June 01, 2002, Cradock Peak, Western Cape,
State South Africa, (aged 32y 249d)

BATTING STYLE BOWLING STYLE

Right hand Bat Right arm Medium

PLAYING ROLE RELATIONS

Allrounder FJC Cronje (brother), NE Cronje (father)

TEAMS

South Africa Ireland

Free State Leicestershire

Wisden Obituary
Cronje, Wessel Johannes, South Africa's cricket captain in a record 53 Tests and 138 one-
day internationals between 1994 and 2000, died on June 1, 2002 when the cargo plane in
which he was travelling crashed on Cradock Peak in the Outeniqua mountain range on its
approach to his home town, George, in the Western Cape. He was just 32. Two years earlier,
Hansie Cronje's admission that he took bribes from bookmakers to provide information and
fix matches exposed the extent of a corruption scandal that cricket authorities had signally

Hansie Cronje Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FORMAT Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s Ct

Tests
Hansie68
Cronje
111 9 3714 135 36.41 8320 44.63 6 23  
409 33 
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Overview 188 Records
175  5565
31Matches 112
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38.64 Photos
News 7277 76.47 2 39 366 
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