Cronje judgement on Wednesday

Judgement in Hansie Cronje's appeal against his life ban from cricket will be handed down in the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday by Justice Frank Kirk-Cohen.

Cronje was banned by the United Cricket Board following his admissions in April and June last year that he had been involved with Indian bookmakers during his captaincy for a number of years and that he had offered team-mates Herschelle Gibbs and Henry Williams money to underperform in a One-Day International in India.

As a result of these admissions, Gibbs and Williams served six-month bans from international cricket.

Cronje based his appeal on the argument that he was not given a fair hearing by the UCB before his banning was announced and that the ban prevented him from earning a living.