Ex-Protea charged with attempted fixing

Former South Africa Test bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe has been charged with conspiring to fix matches, the latest South African player caught up in an investigation into corruption in a domestic cricket tournament.

Cricket South Africa says Tsotsobe faces a series of charges under its anti-corruption code, including conspiring to fix games, seeking bribes, failing to disclose an improper payment and failing to report an approach by match-fixers.

Tsotsobe is the seventh South African player implicated in the investigation into attempted fixing in a domestic Twenty20 tournament in 2015.

Former South African Test players Alviro Petersen and Thami Tsolekile have already been banned for two and 12 years respectively.

Former limited-overs international Gulam Bodi was banned for 20 years after being identified as the go-between who approached players on behalf of the fixers.