Indian request on Cronje extradition in a limbo

DURBAN, JULY 21: The South African Department of Foreign Affairs has not yet received any request by the Indian government for the extradi...

DURBAN, JULY 21: The South African Department of Foreign Affairs has not yet received any request by the Indian government for the extradition of disgraced former captain Hansie Cronje.

A foreign affairs department spokesman said even if such a request was made, the matter would be handed over the South African President Thabo Mbeki for his personal attention. â€˜â€˜In the final analysis it will be the president who will have to make the final decision,â€™â€™ he said.

Cronje, who was sacked as the captain after confessing his involvement with bookmakers shortly after returning from an Indian tour, cancelled a trip to London last week fearing that he would be arrested and extradited to India.

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The former captain had planned to fly to London to clinch a deal with publishers for a book on the match-fixing saga, according to Cronjeâ€™s lawyer Leslie Sackstein.

Sackstein said Cronje was to have met his London agent Max Clifford to clinch the deal with his publishers but the agent advised against travelling to London.King Commission hearing

CAPE TOWN: The King Commission of inquiry into corruption in South African cricket, in particular the involvement of sacked captain Hansie Cronje, will resume its public hearings in October, officials said on Friday.

The commission ended a first round of hearings on June 26 and is due to hand an interim report to President Thabo Mbeki on August 11. The resumption of the hearings was delayed because of logistics, commission prosecutor Shamila Batohi said on radio.

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â€˜â€˜In July we were hoping to investigate, which is what we have been busy with, and there was talk of the hearings resuming in August. That was not possible because of the commitments of a number of counsel involved,â€™â€™ he said.