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==Forfeiture== Under the current Laws, a captain may forfeit either of their side's innings.<ref name="law15" /> A forfeited innings shall be considered as a completed innings. Usually this happens in shorter competitive two-innings matches, where captains need to agree with each other how to set up the match so that there is a reasonable chance of a result. Winning a game gains a team considerably more points than drawing it, so captains are often willing to risk giving the opposition an opportunity to win that they otherwise would not have had as long as they are getting a similar opportunity in return. In August 2020, in a rain-affected match between [[Durham County Cricket Club|Durham]] and [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] in the [[2020 Bob Willis Trophy]], both teams agreed to forfeit an innings in an attempt to produce a result.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/english-county-teams-forfeit-innings-to-set-up-a-result-watch-2281473 |title=Durham and Leicestershire Forfeit An Innings Each To Set Up A Result |work=NDTV |access-date=18 August 2020 |archive-date=18 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818214244/https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/english-county-teams-forfeit-innings-to-set-up-a-result-watch-2281473 |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Test cricket=== {{main|English cricket team in South Africa in 1999β2000}} Only one innings has been voluntarily forfeited in [[Test cricket]]. This was on 18 January 2000 at [[SuperSport Park|Centurion]], [[South Africa]], in the fifth and final Test between [[South Africa cricket team|South Africa]] and [[England cricket team|England]]. South Africa had already won the series, as they were up 2β0 (with 2 matches drawn) after the first four matches. After South Africa scored 155 for 6 on the first day, rain washed out the next three days. With only one day remaining, the match was set for a certain draw. That was until [[Hansie Cronje]], the South African captain, entered into a deal with his English counterpart, [[Nasser Hussain]], that South Africa would continue batting till they reached about 250 and then declare. England and then South Africa would then both forfeit an innings, leaving England approximately 250 to win (in the event the target was 249). At that time, the laws only permitted a side to forfeit its second innings,<ref>{{cite web | last = MCC | author-link = Marylebone Cricket Club | title = Law 14 β Declarations | work = Laws of Cricket 1980 Code | publisher = Cricinfo | year = 1980 | url = http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ABOUT_CRICKET/LAWS/1980_CODE/LAW_14_DECLARATIONS.html | access-date = 2011-02-20 | archive-date = 17 November 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201117001553/http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ABOUT_CRICKET/LAWS/1980_CODE/LAW_14_DECLARATIONS.html | url-status = live }}</ref> so England's first innings was treated as having been declared at 0 for 0 after 0 balls. England went on to score 251 for 8 and win by 2 wickets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/ENG_IN_RSA/SCORECARDS/ENG_RSA_T5_14-18JAN2000.html |title=Scorecard of 2000 RSA vs ENG Centurion Match in which Cronje & Hussein forfeited innings |publisher=Aus.cricinfo.com |access-date=2013-08-09 |archive-date=30 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060130183205/http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/ENG_IN_RSA/SCORECARDS/ENG_RSA_T5_14-18JAN2000.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It later emerged that Cronje had been approached by a [[bookmaker]], and asked to ensure the game would end with a positive result.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cronje admits $100,000 in bribes |first=Simon |last=Stone |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=16 June 2000 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/cronje-admits-100000-in-bribes-713286.html |access-date = 22 March 2010|url-status=dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100901093157/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/cronje-admits-100000-in-bribes-713286.html|archive-date=1 September 2010 }}</ref> Nasser Hussain and the England team were not aware of this at the time, taking the South African request at face value.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com/news/nasser-hussains-sweetest-memory-that-turned-out-to-be-a-scam-1674016164689|title=Nasser Hussain's sweetest memory that turned out to be a scam|first=Shubh|last=Aggarwal|date=18 January 2023|website=Cricket.com|access-date=30 September 2024|archive-date=5 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231205210755/https://www.cricket.com/news/nasser-hussains-sweetest-memory-that-turned-out-to-be-a-scam-1674016164689|url-status=live}}</ref>
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