Cricket world shocked

APRIL 11: Some reactions to Cronje's stunning revelation of bribe-taking:Kapil Dev felt it was the worst thing to happen to sports''. Sp...

APRIL 11: Some reactions to Cronje8217;s stunning revelation of bribe-taking:

Kapil Dev felt it was the 8220;worst thing to happen to sports8221;. Speaking in London, he said 8220;Being a sportsman, I feel sad a colleague and fellow-cricketer has done such a wrong thing. He has let down everybody.8221;

Secretary of Board of Control for Cricket in India Jaywant Lele, who had earlier dismissed the match-fixing charges as 8220;absolutely rubbish8221;, said: 8220;I don8217;t want to be misquoted again and hence I would not like to comment on it.8221;

Manoj Prabhakar said: 8220;My stand has been finally vindicated8230;All match-fixing cases should be handed over to the CBI. The Indian board and the ICC should act before things get out of hand8230;it is now up to the BCCI and the government to re-open the Justice Chandrachud report.8221;

South African cricket board managing director Ali Bacher exclaimed 8220;we in South African cricket are shattered. The UCBSA and the government have been deceived.8221;

New South African captain Shaun Pollock said: 8220;We have to do a job8230;We are all shocked but what can we do. We have to go out there and play the game to the best of our ability. We hope the people will be behind us.8221;

Former cricket captain Kepler Wessels felt 8220;it is very sad. It is an absolute disaster for South African cricket and it will be very hard to bounce back from8230;I never in my wildest dreams believed that South African cricketers would be involved in this kind of thing.8221;

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Former South African coach Bob Woolmer said: 8220;He made a serious error of judgement. What Hansie needs now is some support and as a friend and a colleague for five years I am prepared to support him.8221;

Geoffrey Boycott observed: 8220;He8217;s such an upstanding guy. He8217;s straight and decent 8212; everything he has done in his life has been dead straight8230;I8217;m not really sure what has happened, whether he has just lied to Bacher or actually been found guilty of match-fixing, but we will find out more later on.8221;

Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley described it as 8220;a sad event for cricket8221; but added it would enhance the determination to cleanse cricket of the 8220;match-fixing menace8221;.

Australian captain Steve Waugh said: 8220;I feel sorry for his family and the people who supported him during the week. They are probably the worst done by. He8217;s got to live with what he8217;s done.8221;