MUMBAI, May 30: Former Chief Executive of United Cricket Board of South Africa, Dr Ali Bacher, on Tuesday firmly believes that Nicky Boje, alleged to have been involved in the match-fixing scandal, is innocent of any wrongdoing.

Bacher, the man behind the successful conduct of the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, also said the scandal that blighted cricket's good name six years ago, was the biggest crisis to have affected the game in its long history and he was happy the game had come out of it.

Asked specifically about Herschelle Gibbs, who served out a one-year ban for match-fixing related activities, and Boje, Bacher said the latter had no part in the scandal.

“Nicky Boje was innocent. I know that for a fact.

“When it (the scandal) all broke, Herschelle Gibbs' body language was not good. Boje was fine. I can read people. He was innocent,” said Bacher in an interview.—Agencies