Pakistan court adjourns case

A Pakistani court on Tuesday adjourned leg-spinner Danish Kaneria’s appeal against the national cricket body’s decision to refuse to select him due to allegations of spot-fixing.

The 30-year-old was not cleared to play internationally by an integrity committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after failing to satisfy them over the spot-fixing case last year.

Kaneria and fellow Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield were arrested last year on charges of spot-fixing during a Pro40 one-day match against Durham in 2009.

Kaneria was later released without being charged but Westfield faces criminal proceedings. “The court has adjourned the hearing until August 18 after PCB legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi submitted a reply on the case,” said court orders after the hearing.

Kaneria has not been selected since he was acrimoniously sent home from the middle of Pakistan’s tour of England in August last year.

Two months later he was included in the team for a series against South Africa before being withdrawn.

“PCB cannot select Kaneria in the team until and unless he gets clearance from the integrity committee,” PCB lawyer Rizvi told AFP.

AFP