He had previously taken a break from racing in August 1998 after recurring problems with his weight, while it took him almost 18 months to recover from a near-fatal fall at Sha Tin in early 1996.Swinburn broke into the big time at the age of 19 when winning the 1981 Derby on Shergar, and also rode Lammtarra and Shahrastani to victory in the premier Classic. He was always a man for the grand occasion, and rode the winners of eight British Classics, the St Leger being the only one to elude him. The Eclipse, King George, Sussex Stakes and Queen Elizabeth II Stakes also figured among his many Group One winners.. Interpol has been asked to obtain samples of Hansie Cronje’s voice following claims by Indian police that they possess transcripts of conversations between Cronje and a bookmaker in which the disgraced former South Africa captain allegedly agrees to fix matches during the recent tour of India. Interpol has been asked to obtain samples of Hansie Cronje’s voice following claims by Indian police that they possess transcripts of conversations between Cronje and a bookmaker in which the disgraced former South Africa captain allegedly agrees to fix matches during the recent tour of India.
In the conversation, Cronje also allegedly implicates three other South African players, all of whom have denied involvement.Cronje was sacked as South African captain on 11 April when he admitted accepting up to $15,000 (£9,000), but only for providing information and forecasts on matches to an Indian bookmaker. Cronje has denied receiving any financial rewards for alleged match-fixing.The Delhi police commissioner, K K Paul, claims Interpol detectives are likely to visit Cronje in South Africa to take samples of his voice.

“[They] will be matched to the voice on the tapes to see if they are one and the same,” Paul said. Cronje, he added, would only be worsening the situation if he refused to co-operate with the police. “We will have to take the necessary legal steps if he refuses to comply with our request.”Interpol has also been asked to check whether Cronje kept a bank account in London. “We would like to know what the status of the account is,” Paul said.Ali Bacher, the chief executive of South African cricket, will wait until next week’s International Cricket Council meeting in London before unmasking the teams he claims were involved in match-fixing during last year’s World Cup. “There’ll be an opportunity in London behind closed doors on Tuesday week for an honest and open discussion on the issue,” Bacher said.Jagmohan Dalmiya, the ICC president, is waiting for a retraction from Bacher over his claims of match-fixing during the World Cup – “otherwise he will have to explain why he went public with his allegation”. Last week Bacher claimed that at least two World Cup matches were fixed, that at least one umpire was involved and doubts had been raised about others.. Michael Bevan struck an unbeaten 65 on his first appearance of the season for Sussex to carry them to a thrilling two-wicket win over Hampshire at Hove in the Benson and Hedges Cup yesterday.

The Australian Test player hit three fours from 102 balls, and Sussex – set 167 for victory – squeezed home with four deliveries to spare. Michael Bevan struck an unbeaten 65 on his first appearance of the season for Sussex to carry them to a thrilling two-wicket win over Hampshire at Hove in the Benson and Hedges Cup yesterday. The Australian Test player hit three fours from 102 balls, and Sussex – set 167 for victory – squeezed home with four deliveries to spare.
The win – Sussex’s first in the competition this year – keeps alive their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals, although they still need to beat Essex at Chelmsford today.Bevan, the Gold Award winner, revived the hosts after they had slumped to 29 for 5. Bevan and Robin Martin-Jenkins pulled Sussex round by putting on 97 in 28 overs, the young all-rounder hitting a one-day best 45 off 89 deliveries. Hampshire’s veteran seamer Peter Hartley claimed his fifth wicket when he had Martin-Jenkins superbly caught behind by the stand-in wicketkeeper Derek Kenway, before Shane Warne claimed his first wicket in English cricket by trapping Umer Rashid lbw.Sussex needed 16 off the final two overs when Jason Lewry was run out for 10. After Dimitri Mascarenhas conceded 13 in his over, three were needed off the last six balls from Alan Mullally, who began with a wide. Nick Wilton then took a single and Bevan hit the winning runs with a cover-driven boundary.Hampshire had earlier been put in first and seemed to have done well to reach 166 for 9, having lost half their side for only 64.