Kaneria named in Westfield cricket scam
February 17th, 2012 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANSLondon, Feb 17 (IANS) Former Pakistani spinner Danish Kaneria has been named Friday in the Mervyn Westfield cricket scam that has rocked English county Essex. Kaneria has been accused of persuading the player to take part in a sports betting scam.
Westfield, the first English cricketer to be prosecuted for spot-fixing, admitted being paid 6,000 pounds to bowl so that a certain number of runs were scored in the first over of a match between Durham and Essex in September 2009, BBC reported.
A separate charge of assisting another person to cheat at gambling was ordered to lie on the file.
Kaneria was arrested but not charged during the investigation at the Old Bailey.
Mark Milliken-Smith counsel, for Westfield, told the court: “It is clear, we submit, that Kaneria and his associates targeted Westfield.”
“Westfield was on the verge of the squad, more susceptible for that reason. Less likely perhaps to be able to say no to the club’s international star, his future with the club uncertain.”
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