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Allegations are false – Kaneria
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 19 - 02 - 2012

Pakistan legspinner Danish Kaneria Saturday denied he had ever been involved in fixing matches.
In sentencing Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield to four months in prison Friday for on-field corruption, a judge in London accused Kaneria of pressuring teammates at the county side to fix matches.
“All these allegations are false,” Kaneria told The Associated Press.
“I have not only been cleared by the British police, but also by the England and Wales Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council.”
Kaneria has been suspended from international cricket by the Pakistan Cricket Board since 2010 soon after allegations of spot-fixing during a county match first surfaced. He was named in the Test squad for the series against South Africa in 2010, but was pulled out at the last minute after Westfield was charged for spot-fixing during a county match.
However, Kaneria has been playing in Pakistan's domestic tournaments. For the last two years Kaneria had been trying to clear his name in spot-fixing allegations and even appealed in the Sindh High Court at Karachi against his PCB suspension.
However, last year the court dismissed Kaneria's appeal, saying it was not within its jurisdiction.
“I have been trying my best to clear my name, but so far I don't know why the PCB suspended me from playing international cricket for Pakistan,” Kaneria said.
The legspinner was an integral part of Pakistan's Test squad, claiming 261 wickets in 61 Test matches, before he was sidelined by the PCB.
On Saturday Kaneria was captaining Sindh province against Punjab in the Pakistani domestic Pentangular Cup final in Lahore.
PCB legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi said the organization had to seek evidence or material before it could act against the leg-spinner.
“Since Kaneria is a Pakistan player we are obviously looking into the matter with a lot of concern,” Rizvi said.
“Since the match was an England domestic match, it's in the England board's jurisdiction and we will seek evidence from the concerned authorities.”


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