NEW DELHI, Dec 5: South African left-arm spinner Nicky Boje has been called in for questioning by Indian police in connection with the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal, a senior crime branch officer said on Wednesday.

“We have issued a notice to Nicky Boje but no dates have been fixed on which he should appear before us,” New Delhi police crime branch chief said of the 2000 incident that rocked the sport.

“Further communications if any will be sent by us either through the South African embassy in Delhi or through diplomatic channels,” an official said on condition of anonymity.

Boje retired from international cricket last year and is currently playing in the rebel ICL near the northern city of Chandigarh, which ends on Dec 16.

Compatriot Herschelle Gibbs, who was also named in the scandal, was questioned by New Delhi crime branch detectives when he flew to India for the ICC Champions Trophy in India in October 2006.

Left-arm spinner Boje skipped two tours of India after failing to obtain an iron-clad assurance that he would not be detained by the police.—AFP