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Not Cricket: The Captain and the Bookmaker

The Captain and the Bookmaker

02/06/2008

BBC Four - Not Cricket, The Captain and the Bookmaker

Documentary about the downfall of South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje.

Documentary about Hansie Cronje, a hero of South African cricket who, by taking bribes to fix matches, betrayed a game that is supposed to embody fair play.

Documentary which lifts the lid on the new South Africa through the prism of sport, the international boycott of which had helped bring down the racist regime. It tells the story of Hansie Cronje, the iconic hero of South African cricket who, by taking bribes to fix international matches, betrayed the game supposed to embody the spirit of fair play. 

Featuring interviews with Marlon Aronstam, one of the bookmakers who corrupted him, and with Cronje's boss and controversial coach, the late Bob Woolmer, filmed just weeks before his death, amid false rumours he was murdered by match fixers. Plus frank confessions from fellow test team-members, friends and mentors and most of the key opinion formers in South African cricket.

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