Indian police have sent questions to South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs and Nicky Boje as part of their investigation into alleged match-fixing, a United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCB) statement said on Friday.The questions, sent to the UCB, relate to the investigation into alleged match-fixing and corruption during South Africa’s tour of India in 2000.South Africa begin another tour of India next month, and the UCB has sought assurances from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) that opening batsman Gibbs and spinner Boje will not be detained in the country.The statement said the players would answer the questions in affidavits which will be handed to the Indian high Commission in South Africa.“We are keen to assist in this matter, and we hope the affidavits will complete the process,” UCB chief executive Gerald Majola said.Gibbs and Boje will be represented by Tony Irish, a lawyer who is the chief executive of the South African Cricketers’ Association.“The UCB has referred to us whatever it has received from India, and we are advising the players,” Irish said from Cape Town on Friday.Irish said the BCCI and the ICC had told the UCB that they could not guarantee that Gibbs and Boje would not be held in India. “Both parties have said that assurance could only be obtained from the Indian police,” Irish said.South Africa are scheduled to play India in two Tests, at Kanpur, starting on November 20, and Kolkata.— (Reuters)
