18th January, 2000: A Fixed Test match ended
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In the 5th test match between England and South
Africa, the play on day 2, 3 and 4 were abandoned due to rain. On the
5th day South Africa finished their first innings on 251. In response,
England declared their innings for 0
without facing a ball. And surprising everyone South Africa also
declared their innings on 0 (forfeit more appropriate term). In the end
England chased down 252 and won the match which was expected to be a
dull draw earlier. This was the first time in the history of test
cricket that a team declared their innings on 0 and that too twice in a
test match
In
fact even before the start of the play on Day 5, Hansie Cronje offered
Nasseer Hussain to forfeit their innings to make the match interesting
which Nasseer Hussain accepted only after the completion of South
Africa's innings.
Later it was found that Cronje did it all
after accepting money from a bookie. Nasseer Hussain who was very happy
with the win later said that, "It will always be remembered as test
match which was fixed"
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