London - The man initially responsible for Kevin Pietersen leaving South Africa to throw in his lot with England has been banned from cricket for 20 years in a new match-fixing scandal, and KP wasted no time in making sure his Twitter followers knew how he felt about it.
In response to a tweet by @cutmaker, at @KP24 Tweeted: Been wanting to say this publicly for 16yrs, so gonna say it now - BODI YOU BELL-END!
— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) January 26, 2016
— Cutmaker (@cutmaker) January 25, 2016
Gulam Bodi, 37, who kept Pietersen out of the Dolphins side back in 2000 because of the quota system, was found guilty of trying to spot-fix games in the Ram Slam Twenty20 competition.
Haroon Lorgat, Cricket South Africa’s chief executive, chose Centurion - where England and SA are currently playing - to announce Bodi’s sentence.
After inquiries by the anti-corruption unit, Bodi faced several counts of contriving or attempting to fix matches.
“Mr Bodi’s actions have threatened the integrity of the game,” said Lorgat. “Evidence - and the confessions made by Bodi - suggest we got him in a planning phase and no fixes were active.”
Sportsmail revealed earlier this month that two South Africa Test players were implicated in Bodi’s scheme.
Read: Banned Bodi ‘caught in planning phase’
Lorgat said investigations are continuing, adding that several players rejected advances from Bodi before he was reported to the anti-corruption unit.
Sportsmail understands that at least two other players will face charges of accepting Bodi’s money to spot-fix matches. Others face the lesser charge of failing to report approaches.
Daily Mail