Former South Africa batsman Gulam Bodi was named as the man charged with match-fixing by Cricket South Africa Thursday. Bodi, who played two One-Day Internationals and a Twenty20 for the Proteas in 2007, was the "intermediary" who was charged under its anti-corruption code in December, CSA said in a statement. The statement was released after South African media named Bodi earlier Thursday as the former international charged with fixing. "Following our investigations and due process, we have reached a point where we can confirm that Mr. Bodi is the intermediary," CSA Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said. The India-born Bodi was charged with "contriving to fix" matches or parts of matches in South Africa's domestic Twenty20 competition known as the Ram Slam, late last year. Bodi didn't play in the tournament but players who did appear are believed to also be involved in the fixing, although none have been named. The 37-year-old Bodi was "cooperating with the CSA anti-corruption officials," and CSA was awaiting his response to the charges, Lorgat said. The case threatens to re-open the deep scars in South African cricket caused by the Hansie Cronje affair. Cronje, South Africa's Test captain and one of its best-loved sportsmen, was banned for life in 2000 after it was revealed he was in contact with bookmakers to fix games. The scandal rocked South African sport. Cronje died in a plane crash in 2002. Responding to the Bodi case, former South Africa bowler Shaun Pollock, who played under Cronje, told South African website Sport24 that "it's a shock that it's happening on a domestic level." "There's quite a few people involved. We don't know the full extent of it yet, but it seems like there's quite a few people involved," Pollock was quoted as saying. Bodi is believed to be the intermediary between illegal bookmakers and an unknown number of South Africa-based players who were apparently doing the fixing during the T20 competition. The case against Bodi was "pending," CSA said, and declined to give further details.
