Wessel Johannes Cronje(1969-2002)Test Cap #:237

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Full name Wessel Johannes Cronje
Born September 25, 1969, Bloemfontein, Orange Free State
Died June 1, 2002, Cradock Peak, Western Cape, South Africa (aged 32 years 249 days)
Major teams Ireland, South Africa, Free State, Leicestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium

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Cronje, Wessel Johannes, South Africa's cricket captain in a record 53 Tests and 138 one-day internationals between 1994 and 2000, died on June 1, 2002 when the cargo plane in which he was travelling crashed on Cradock Peak in the Outeniqua mountain range on its approach to his home town, George, in the Western Cape. He was just 32. Two years earlier, Hansie Cronje's admission that he took bribes from bookmakers to provide information and fix matches exposed the extent of a corruption scandal that cricket authorities had signally neglected to confront.

At first he had hotly denied charges levelled by the New Delhi police, who during a phone-tapping operation in March 2000 heard him conspiring with an Indian bookmaker, Sanjeev Chawla, to predetermine performances. And such was his standing as a player, captain and sporting ambassador for post-apartheid South Africa that few in the cricket world doubted him, preferring to heap scorn on the Indian investigation.

Ali Bacher, managing director of the United Cricket Board of South Africa, spoke of Cronje's "unquestionable integrity and honesty". Then, four days after the accusation, Cronje confessed in a 3 a.m. phone call to Bacher that he had not been "entirely honest". He was immediately stripped of the captaincy, as his side prepared for a oneday series against Australia, and in subsequent testimony to the government-appointed King Commission revealed, sometimes in tears, further details of his involvement with bookmakers in match-fixing.

Tertius Bosch (1966-2000) Test Cap #:236

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Full name Tertius Bosch
Born March 14, 1966, Vereeniging, Transvaal
Died February 14, 2000, Westville, Durban, Natal (aged 33 years 337 days)
Major teams South Africa, Natal, Northern Transvaal
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast

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Tertius Bosch, who died in mysterious circumstances at the age of 33 in February 2000. His only Test appearance came in South Africa's first Test back in the fold, at Bridgetown in 1991-92. He apparently died of a rare viral infection, but 18 months later his body was exhumed and a post mortem suggested he might have been poisoned. It later emerged that Bosch had had his wife followed, after suspecting her of infidelity. He burst onto the scene while a young dental student at Pretoria University in 1986-87, moving from Northern Transvaal to Natal where he helped them to win two titles.Tertius Bosch, who ranked alongside Allan Donald as South Africa's fastest bowler of his era, died at Westville, near Durban, on February 13, a month short of his 34th birthday, after a long period of ill-health.

Grahame Anton Chevalier (1937-2017) Test Cap # 231

Full name Grahame Anton Chevalier 231
Born March 9, 1937, Cape Town, Cape Province
Died November 14, 2017 (aged 80 years 250 days)
Major teams South Africa, Western Province
Batting style Right-hand bat
Grahame Anton Chevalier 231 Slow left-arm orthodox

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Test recognition came late to Grahame Chevalier - he was almost 33 when he made his debut, against Australia at Cape Town in January 1970 - and it was a brief glimpse of the big time. He performed admirably, taking 2 for 32 and 3 for 68 as South Africa won by 170 runs, but was dropped in favour of John Traicos for the second Test. At the end of that series South Africa were cast into the international wilderness. His first-class career also started late - he was almost 30 when he first played for Western Province - and he finally retired in 1973-74. Chevalier was a capable slow left-armer and a genuine No. 11 batsman.

Only Test South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Jan 22-27, 1970
First-class span 1966/67 - 1973/74
List A span 1969/70 - 1972/73