ECB allows Westfield to play club cricket from April

Last Updated: Thursday, July 4, 2013, 19:20

Mervyn Westfield, former Essex seamer, who was banned for five years by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has been allowed to play club cricket from next April but will remain suspended from the professional game until 2017.

Hearing in Kaneria`s appeal against life ban adjourned

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 09:39

The hearing into Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria`s appeal against a life ban had to be adjourned in London after the counsel for the player objected to the absence of key witness.

Indian bookie had threatened Kaneria, says Sources

Last Updated: Saturday, June 30, 2012, 20:51

Danish Kaneria during his hearing by the ECB claimed that he had been unable to break off his ties with Indian bookmaker, Arun Bhatia as the latter had threatened him several times.

Kaneria wants open appeal against ECB life ban for fixing verdict

Last Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 16:41

Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has called for an appeal against a life ban imposed on him by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), for a fair trial.

Pakistan leggie Kaneria to appear before ECB hearing into spot-fixing scandal

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 18:50

Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria will leave for London this Thursday to appear before the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) hearing into spot-fixing from June 18.

Fixers Mazhar Majeed, Mervyn Westfield lose appeals

Last Updated: Thursday, May 31, 2012, 15:18

Agent Mazhar Majeed and former Essex player Mervyn Westfield lost Court of Appeal challenges against match-fixing convictions.

Kaneria hires legal team for ECB spot-fixing hearing

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 10, 2012, 12:05

Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has hired a legal team for an English Cricket Board disciplinary hearing on a spot-fixing case that has landed his former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield in prison.

Essex deny wrongdoing over Westfield

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 20:23

English county Essex insisted on Tuesday they had taken the correct action in the case of corrupt former seamer Mervyn Westfield.

Pakistan to resolve Kaneria’s spot fixing case in consultation with ECB

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 17:50

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is looking to resolve the Danish Kaneria’s case in consultation with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after the leg-spinner was named as a go-between in the Mervyn Westfield’s spot-fixing case.

PCB seek cooperation from ECB

Last Updated: Saturday, February 25, 2012, 22:33

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wants the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to share all information with it when it holds an inquiry into the Mervyn Westfield spot-fixing case.

Cook says Westfield case `sad day for cricket`

Last Updated: Sunday, February 19, 2012, 16:39

England captain Alastair Cook has said that the jailing of his former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield for spot-fixing was "an incredibly sad day for cricket."

Kaneria vows to clear his name in spot-fixing scandal

Last Updated: Saturday, February 18, 2012, 16:42

Under the cloud of spot-fixing controversy, Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has vowed to do everything in his control to get his name cleared in the scandal, which has led to the jail sentence of county bowler Mervyn Westfield.