Despite having just turned 21, Cronje was made captain of Orange Free State for the 1990-91 season.

After the World Cup Cronje was part of the tour to the West Indies ; he featured in the three ODI's and in the Test match at Bridgetown that followed he made his Test debut, this was South Africa first Test since readmission and they came close to beating a strong West Indian side, going into the final day at 122 / 2 chasing 200 they collapsed to 148.

Between the second and third tests, the one-day tournament continued, now with Cronje as captain, South Africa made the final series but lost it 2-1 to Australia.

In the 2000 Centurion Test, Marlon Aronstam contacted him offering R500, 000 for the charity of his choice together with a gift if Cronje declared and made a game of it.

In 1995, Cronje appeared for Leicestershire where he scored 1301 runs at 52. 04 finishing the season as the county's leading scorer.

In 1997, Cronje played for Ireland as an overseas player in the Benson and Hedges Cup and helped them to a 46-run win over Middlesex by scoring 94 not out and taking three wickets.

An injury to captain Kepler Wessels meant Cronje was captain for the final day of the match.

Cronje, who'd previously been vice-captain, was named as captain for the test series with New Zealand in 1994-95.

In the first Test, Cronje scored 70 as South Africa saved the match ; in the second Test, he lasted 335 minutes for his 88.

It was later learnt Cronje accepted money and a gift from a bookmaker in return for making an early declaration in this Test.

" During the return tour, Cronje received $ 50, 000 from Gupta for team information.

Cronje was offered $ 140, 000 for the fifth ODI if Gibbs scored under 20, Williams went for more than 50 and South Africa scored around 270.

On 11 October, Cronje was banned from playing or coaching cricket for life.

The Surrender Hill MonumentMeanwhile, Roberts pursued Piet Cronje ’ s 7, 000-strong force, which had abandoned Magersfontein to head for Bloemfontein.

Towards the end of his career Azharuddin was accused of match-fixing ; South African captain Hansie Cronje, in his confession for match-fixing, had indicated that Azharuddin was the one to introduce him to the bookies.

The Scots Guards then saw action at another major battle, at the Battle of Paardeberg, which last for a number of days in February, though the Boers there were eventually defeat when the Boer leader Piet Cronje surrendered.

With Donald retiring, Cronje banned for match-fixing and later dead in a plane crash, and Pollock also retiring from international cricket, the team has once again changed shape.

The highest sixth-wicket stand for South Africa in ODIs is the 137 between Hansie Cronje and Shaun Pollock against Zimbabwe in 1997.

After Hansie Cronje was banned from cricket for life, Pollock took over the captaincy in April 2000.

Many of the South African team criticized Cronje at the time for setting too low a target.

Other controversial choices included an 11th placing for Hansie Cronje, the disgraced former captain of the South African cricket squad, who admitted to taking bribes to influence the outcome of test matches.

After 30 seconds Jacques Cronje sent Jean De Villiers over in the corner for the opening score.

As recently as 2009, Lydiard's training methods were also credited as the catalyst for the qualification of an unprecedented three South African male athletes, Juan Van Deventer, Pieter Van Der Westhuizen and Johan Cronje, for the 1500 metres for the 2009 Track and Field Championships in Berlin.

Cronje started the ODI series with scores of 112, 97, 45 and 50 * and when Australia played Orange Free State in their final match before the first Test, Cronje hit 251 off 306 balls, 200 of these came on the final day in which 294 runs were added.

Cronje earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of the Free State.

In South Africa's next Test series against Sri Lanka Cronje scored his second Test century, 122 in the second Test in Colombo ; the victory margin of an innings and 208 runs is a South African record.

In early 1995, South Africa won one-off tests against both Pakistan and New Zealand, in Auckland Cronje scored the only century of the match before a final day declaration left his bowlers barely enough time to dismiss the Kiwis.

South Africa won the five Test series against England 1-0 despite Cronje struggling, scoring 113 runs at 18. 83.

Cronje produced better form against Australia, averaging over 50 in both test and ODI series although both were lost.

Cronje once again came up against Australia and once again ended on the losing side.

During the 1998 Test series against England, Cronje scored five consecutive fifties, having failed to score one in the nine previous Tests against them.

At the 1999 World Cup, Cronje finished with 98 runs at 12. 25 as South Africa was eliminated after the famous tied semi-final against Australia at Edgbaston.

In October 1999, Cronje became South Africa's highest Test run scorer during the first Test against Zimbabwe.

Cronje struggled against India in his final Test series, scoring 25 runs in two Tests and taking six wickets.

* 1900 – Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje at the Battle of Paardeberg.

Cronje scored 354 runs at an average of 88. 50.

During the group matches Cronje had threatened to lead his team off after Pat Symcox had missiles thrown at him, Symcox had the last laugh ending the match with 4 / 24.

The first was won with Cronje scoring 49 and 74 ; in the second Test, he took 3 / 14, his best bowling in Tests, and smashed 82 off 63 balls, his fifty being brought up with three consecutive sixes off Muttiah Muralitharan, and was reached off just 31 balls ; at the time, it was the second fastest in Tests after Kapil Dev's.

However, England won the Test, and the one at Headingley, to win the series 2-1, Cronje finished the series as South Africa's top scorer with 401 runs at 66. 83.

In the first match of the tournament versus India, Cronje came onto the field with an earpiece wired to coach Bob Woolmer, but at the first drinks break match referee Talat Ali ordered him to remove it.

Cronje top scored with 56 after South Africa were left reeling at 21-5 in the Final of the triangular tournament which featured England and Zimbabwe.

The following day, Gibbs revealed that Cronje had offered him $ 15, 000 to score less than 20 runs in the 5th ODI at Nagpur.

General Cronje was forced to surrender at Surrender Hill with 4000 men.

After a siege lasting 118 days, the Relief of Ladysmith was effected, the day after Cronje surrendered, but at a total cost of 7, 000 British casualties.

Later in the month, Allenby ’ s squadron partook in the encirclement and capture of Piet Cronje ’ s force east of Kimberley at Paardeberg.

First, Kimberley was relieved following the battles of Modder River and Magersfontein, and the retreating Boers defeated at Paardeberg, with the New South Wales Mounted Rifles locating the Boer general, Piet Cronje.