AUSTRALIAN umpire Barry Jarman said on Thursday he doesn’t believe the controversial fifth Test between South Africa and England in January was fixed. The Test at Centurion Park in which both teams agreed to forfeit an innings after three days of rain, was won by England, who triumphed by two wickets with five balls to spare. The United Cricket Board of South Africa said on Wednesday they will investigate the match in view of disgraced South African skipper Hansie Cronje’s admission he took money from Indian bookmakers. It was the first time in Test history, spanning 123 years and 1483 matches, that even a single innings was forfeited. But Jarman said there had been nothing to suggest any malpractice. “I cannot remember anything that really made me think that way,” he said. “I have been a betting man all my life and I know what has been going on but there was nothing there to suggest that anything was being manufactured,” he added.
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