Hansie, once South African cricket's golden boy, had been stripped of everything he had held dear: a glorious captaincy, the support of his former team mates and the respect of a nation.

Hansie Cronje was one such ... Brian MacMillan, a member of that extraordinary victory, recalled in a BBC interview that Cronje was one of the very few on the field that day, who truly believed ...

He also admitted telling the South African team ... that members of the UCBSA, critical earlier of their captain's betrayal, had been told they would not be welcome, but Bertha Cronje, Hansie's ...

Hansie Cronje ... close enough to the team to be considered their chaplain, albeit unofficially. The bond between the cricketer and the cleric grew strong enough for Cronje to visit McCauley ...