Kaneria will appeal against his life ban and £100,000 fine
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced that disgraced Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria will be allowed to appeal the life ban imposed on him for match-fixing on April 22.
Kaneria, who has remained in London since December, will appeal against the ban and the £100,000 fine that he was slapped with as well.
Even though he was found guilty of match-fixing in the Mervyn Westfield corruption case, Kaneria has continued to voice his innocence and his appeal is set to be heard in front of an independent panel.
The Pakistani spinner has also been turned away by his own country as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that they agreed with the sentence the ECB imposed on him.
Kaneria has not represented Pakistan since 2010 and has not played any cricket since March 2012.
Kaneria is currently Pakistan’s top spinner, with 261 wickets to his name and after having a few highly successful seasons with Essex, he was arrested, along with Westfield by police in 2010.
Despite no police charges being brought against the Pakistani spinner, he was still found guilty by the ECB of having coaxed Westfield into throwing a limited overs county game in 2009.
Westfield received a four-month prison sentence after admitting that he was paid £6000 to give away a certain number of runs in an over during a CB40 match against Durham.
He was also banned for five years, but can begin playing club cricket once again after three.