Proteas fast-bowler, formerly ranked No.1 in the world, says he has co-operated with Cricket South Africa
Tsotsobe denies involvement in fixing scandal
Fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe says he's provided Cricket South Africa (CSA) with access to phone bills and bank accounts in order to clear his name from a fixing scandal.
Tsotsobe, who was the world's No.1 ranked bowler in one-day international cricket in 2012, says he has co-operated with CSA and handed over phone records and bank details as part of their investigation.
Former Proteas limited-overs batsman Gulam Bodi was last month banned for 20 years for admitting he conspired to recruit players to fix matches, or parts of matches, during last year's domestic Twenty20 competition.
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South African media has reported that eight players were approached by Bodi and last month former Proteas wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile was alleged to be one of the eight.
Tsolekile has denied any involvement in the scandal and now Tsotsobe, who like Tsolekile is a former teammate of Bodi's at domestic level, has moved to clear his name.
"There’s a lot of speculation going around," Tsotsobe told Wisden India.
"I’m not going to entertain anything but Cricket South Africa can do anything they need to do to check if we did any match-fixing with the people that they are investigating.
"I’ve given them everything they want. My phone bills, my messages, my bank accounts, everything. They said they would get back to me."
CSA declined to comment on Tsotsobe on Thursday, saying the match-fixing investigation was ongoing. CSA has also refused to confirm if Tsolekile is being investigated.
Tsotsobe, a left-arm seam bowler, has played five Tests, 61 ODIs and 23 T20 games for South Africa. He last represented the Proteas at the 2014 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh.
Tsolekile played the last of his three Tests in 2004.
Indian-born Bodi was found guilty of approaching players to fix games for betting syndicates, with leaked investigation documents saying players were offered up to $US50,000 ($A69,380) per game to underperform.
Announcing Bodi's sanction last month, CSA chief executive Haroon Lorgat said "several" players turned down Bodi's approaches.
Bodi was caught in the planning stage and CSA said it did not believe any games were actually fixed.
The investigation echoes the Hansie Cronje scandal, when South Africa's popular Test captain was banned for life in 2000 for fixing.