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Matshikwe handed jail sentence for fixing

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Former fast bowler Pumelela Matshikwe has been sentenced to six years imprisonme­nt for his role in a fixing scandal in 2015 in the Ram Slam T20, a domestic T20 tournament in South Africa. He becomes the second player — after Gulam Bodi — to receive a jail sentence after legal proceeding­s in South Africa.

Matshikwe played 77 first-class matches, 57 List A matches, and 24 T20 matches.

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