Danish Kaneria Found Guilty of Spot-Fixing

Danish Kaneria has been found guilty of spot-fixing Kaneria has been found guilty of spot-fixing by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) disciplinary committee. 

According to a statement, Mervyn Westfield was also found guilty.

The ECB said in a statement: “The ECB Disciplinary Panel today announced that Danish Kaneria has been found guilty of two charges under the ECB’s regulations following a contested hearing which commenced in London on Monday June 18.

“Mervyn Westfield was also charged with one offence under the ECB’s regulations to which he pleaded guilty.

“The panel will now consider the appropriate sanction against both players and a decision is expected to be announced later today.”

The former Pakistan leg-spinner earlier had challenged the ECB through his lawyer Farogh Nasim after the organisation summoned the leg-spinner for a disciplinary hearing into corruption charges.

The ECB wanted Kaneria in for the hearing after he was named in a London court as a go-between in the scandal following which his former Essex teammate Mervyn Westfield was given a four-month sentence.

The leg-spinner was arrested in 2010 along with Westfield on suspicion of spot-fixing during an Essex match against Durham in 2009 before being released without charge.