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APRIL 11: They are pulling it down. The J Hampstead billboard featuring the entire South African team is off the streets. Hansie Cronje's ...

April 12, 2000 12:00 AM IST

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APRIL 11: They are pulling it down. The J Hampstead billboard featuring the entire South African team is off the streets. Hansie Cronje’s confession has forced Percept Advertising to withdraw the advertisement, almost 20 days before it completed its scheduled run on hoardings and television.

Admitting that one of the most “dependable faces” of cricket being involved in “this mess” is horrible, the advertising firm says they will “relook at the advertisements in the future”. Stating that “cricket always works far more better than any other sport,” they quickly add that for the time being, cricket is out and tennis is back in.