Essex pair Danish Kaneria and Mervyn Westfield arrested in spot-fixing investigation

[Indianfan_Hyd]

Pakistan’s firebrand leg spinner, Danish Kaneria, has rejected allegations that he is under investigation by Essex police for match-fixing while playing for the country side during England’s domestic championship. “My cricketing career is completely unstained and I'm surprised at such allegations,†said Kaneria, who is yet to join his county side as the season gets underway. The delay in his departure has given the British media enough fuel to speculate that Kaneria is one of the two players under investigation for ‘match irregularities’ by local police. A statement from Essex Police read: “Following allegations received about two Essex County Cricket players involved in match irregularities, we have initiated an investigation and are working closely with Essex County Cricket Club and the English Cricket Board.†The speculations, if true, will come as a big blow for the Pakistan Cricket Board which has already banned and fined players for indiscipline.—PPI When yesterday I heard abt some English county investigating Match Fixing.....I though....like there are no Pakis arnd...so who is Match Fixing.....I was wrong....Danish Kaneria was playing there... :haha: Pakis...will be Pakis... corrupt to the core.

[Roshanrocks]

Pakistan’s firebrand leg spinner, Danish Kaneria,

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Danish Kaneria inquiry could spin game into a quagmire NEWS FILE SPORT AROUND THE WORLD More... Danish Kaneria inquiry could spin game into a quagmire If Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria were to be found guilty of any wrong-doing and it led to a ban this summer, the implications for English cricket would be huge and financially disastrous. By Scyld Berry Published: 11:00PM BST 10 Apr 2010 Pakistan are due to play four Test matches against England this summer – and two against Australia, at Lord's and Headingley. These two Tests have been moved to England because of the security situation in Pakistan, which has prevented any country touring there since March last year. There is no way of knowing what the Pakistani reaction will be if Kaneria, one of their two main bowlers, is publicly accused of wrong-doing in England. Yesterday he insisted that his career was "unstained" and was "surprised" at the allegations. Sport on television Relations between the England and Wales Cricket Board and the Pakistan Cricket Board have been cordial since the forfeited Oval Test of 2006: hence the ECB's offer to stage Pakistan's two Tests against Australia, the first experiment with neutral Tests in this country since 1912. However, the Pakistan government – especially the Senate's sports committee – has taken an increasingly hands-on role in the country's cricket, evidenced by one-year bans and fines slapped on several Pakistan players after their win-less tour of Australia over the new year. A government that is practically under siege at home, and which is able to exploit the national sport of cricket to its advantage, is all too liable to make Pakistan's schedule of six Tests in England a pawn in its current dealings with the West. If a complete or partial pull-out this summer – in defence of national honour and 'face' – is the worst-case scenario for England, then six Tests without Kaneria would be a minor disaster on the playing side, because it is almost inconceivable that Pakistan could win a Test without him. Kaneria is the best wrist-spinner in international cricket, following the retirement of Shane Warne, Stuart MacGill and Anil Kumble. If he cannot be quite called world-class – his figures of 254 Test wickets at an average of 34 owe a lot to his 47 wickets in seven Tests against Bangladesh at 15 each – he and pace bowler Mohammad Asif are still Pakistan's two potential match-winners. But the implications go far beyond unproven allegations, Essex and England this summer. In the background is the whole problem of the illegal betting industry in India, in which a large portion of India's black economy – estimated at half of the total economy – is recycled, thus avoiding taxation. The sums involved are beyond the imagination of those involved in legal betting. The International Cricket Council estimated that the equivalent of $1 billion was gambled in India on one game in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa, between India and Pakistan at Centurion. In the popular film about India's underworld, Slumdog Millionaire, one of the most chilling scenes in the original book, Q and A, was omitted from the film: a scene in which the hero works as a servant for a Mumbai gangster who makes his money out of illegal betting on cricket matches which are screened live on television. The most interesting point so far about the alleged "match irregularities" at Essex is that the game in question was televised in Britain – and ESPN Star had the rights to televise it in India too. Knowledge is money – serious money. Knowing in advance that one apparently minor thing will happen in a county limited-overs game in England – for example, that two wides will be bowled in a certain over of an innings – is worth many millions of rupees in India, provided the game is televised there live. This broadcasting deal is the second most lucrative that the ECB has, second only to its deal with Sky. For the rights to screen in India all cricket matches that are played and televised in England (except for ICC events, like last summer's Twenty20 World Cup), ESPN Star pays the ECB $80 million for the current four-year deal. The original, innocent, intention was that India's series in England would be at the heart of the deal, and by far the most valuable property. But even a 40-over game between two counties holds an attraction for certain kinds of audience. Whatever the outcome of the Essex investigation it will come as a shock to those who have assumed that everything in English cricket is, and always has been, beyond reproach. The truth is there have been numerous outbreaks of "smoke" which have only just fallen short of turning into fire. At first the allegations of match-fixing in English cricket did not involve money. The trouble arose in the 1970s from fixture-scheduling: in the middle of a County Championship match a limited-overs game, usually a Sunday League match between the same two counties, would be staged. The temptation was there for the team doing better in the championship to come to an arrangement – a tacit accommodation, or something worse – with the team doing well in the Sunday League. In the 1990s English cricket was assumed to be safe from the match-fixing for money that was rife in Asia, if not through some inherent virtue then because England did not tour India or Pakistan between 1993 and 2000. Or because English cricketers were better paid than overseas counterparts. Then India's Central Bureau of Investigation prevailed upon a Delhi bookmaker, Mukesh Gupta, to speak. Gupta testified that since the 1980s he had been paying Test cricketers from various countries to supply him with information. He said he had paid England wicketkeeper/batsman Alec Stewart £5,000 for information which he supplied during England's 1992-93 tour of India. Stewart denied he had received any money from Gupta, adding that he did not remember having met him. Among the many others whom Gupta named, Australians Shane Warne and Mark Waugh were fined, South Africa captain Hansie Cronje was disgraced, and a handful of Pakistanis and Indians were fined and banned after official inquiries. After this minor purge, match-fixing went underground and focused on minor details – spot-fixing – more than on rigging results. A new form of cricket, Twenty20, has stoked the fire: the shorter the game, the more attractive it is to gamblers, provided it is televised, in India.

[Desi Cartman]

:phehehe:

[ViruRulez]

Pakis and match-fixing go hand in hand .. at least match-fixing allegations go hand in hand :giggle:

[Gunner_Mania]

Pakistan’s firebrand leg spinner' date= Danish Kaneria, has rejected allegations that he is under investigation by Essex police for match-fixing wh.

If a complete or partial pull-out this summer – in defence of national honour and 'face' – is the worst-case scenario for England, then six Tests without Kaneria would be a minor disaster on the playing side, because it is almost inconceivable that Pakistan could win a Test without him.

This from the feed in the other thread. As if they can win a test with him. :cantstop:

[Vikas Bhatt]

When was the last time Kaneria spun his team to a test win? This Danish pastry is quite tasteless...

[Roshanrocks]

Kaneria is the best wrist-spinner in international cricket, following the retirement of Shane Warne, Stuart MacGill and Anil Kumble.

Wow, I suddenly realised that there are no worthy leg spinners in the world today :hmmm:

[Sachinism]

[Mr Eintstein]

was there once a time when mishra was considered an "exciting young prospect"?

[b555]

that guy is good for nothing

[Sachinism]

They're saying its spot betting, something which is quite popular among match-fixers in India and Pakistan and considering Kaneria was the only subcontinent player for them, doubts arise

[DomainK]

No one can believe a bowler can be naturally that bad. Everyone thinks he has been fixing matches.

[Sachinism]

^^ LOL but on the real, he was quite brilliant for Essex, but I think last season his performance dropped

[Maha_Apa]

The way these online betting sites market during games, any body can fall for it. Even the commentators regularly discuss the odds on betfair & bet365 in UK & Aus. Kaneria shoud take them to court.

[Serani]

People bet on county cricket? Nobody even watches it so it must be pretty easy to fix a few minor things here and there.

[Ramzz]

Essex pair Danish Kaneria and Mervyn Westfield arrested in spot-fixing investigation Danish Kaneria, Essex's Pakistan wrist spinner, and young fast bowler Mervyn Westfield have been arrested by Essex police on suspicion of conspiracy to commit fraud following the police's investigation into alleged spot-fixing in Essex's Pro40 match against Durham last September. Both men appeared at Brentwood police station on Friday and were questioned under caution before being released on bail until Sept 15, pending further inquiries. As neither has yet been charged with any offence, both are free to continue playing cricket until then, by which time Pakistan will have completed their Test series against England. That should allow Pakistan's selectors to at least pick Kaneria, with only a modicum of controversy hanging over him. That series needs Kaneria, though the England and Wales Cricket Board, as full signatories to the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption code, will be torn over his presence. Now that Shane Warne is retired, he is the world's pre-eminent wrist-spinner, and unless Pakistan's selectors decide not to select him while the investigation is ongoing, he is crucial to their competitiveness in that series. Essex police had wanted to interview Kaneria, 29, who has 58 Test caps for Pakistan, last Monday, three days after his return to England, but that was during Essex's County Championship match with Kent and the club asked if that could be deferred until yesterday. Every other Essex player, as well as the support staff, have been helping police with their inquiries. Kaneria's performance in the match against Durham is not under scrutiny, but he is thought to have introduced Westfield, whose performance against Durham is under the microscope, to an illegal bookmaker. Westfield, 22, has been interviewed before by police, who confiscated his mobile phone. He conceded 60 runs in seven overs in the 40-over match against Durham, with four wides and two no-balls. While bad bowling is not proof of guilt, spot-fixing, whereby a small event in the game is fixed, such as a wide or a dropped catch, is thought to be the vehicle favoured by India's illegal bookmakers to manipulate bets, in which millions of pounds are staked on the smallest shifts within a match, to their advantage. That way they can also involve vulnerable individuals on the margin of the team rather than the key players (needed if a result is to be fixed) - which makes it both less detectable and more cost effective. Essex police confirmed that their investigation, which began in March this year, followed allegations received. As these allegations are thought to have come from other players, it has made for an uncomfortable dressing room this season. The employment situation from the club's point of view is equally tricky unless guilt is proven. Yet, with both Kaneria and Westfield's contracts up for renewal at the end of this season, it may not be long before we see how their club has judged them. :clap::clap::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Sachinism]

:buba:Pakistani's doing taking their match fixing worldwide Merv Westfield plays at a club with a mate of mine, will try and get the inside scoop :buba:

[Roshanrocks]

:buba:Pakistani's doing taking their match fixing worldwide Merv Westfield plays at a club with a mate of mine, will try and get the inside scoop :buba:

u go sherlock :sherlock:

[Clarke]

Essex pair Danish Kaneria and Mervyn Westfield arrested in spot-fixing investigation Danish Kaneria, Essex's Pakistan wrist spinner, and young fast bowler Mervyn Westfield have been arrested by Essex police on suspicion of conspiracy to commit fraud following the police's investigation into alleged spot-fixing in Essex's Pro40 match against Durham last September. Both men appeared at Brentwood police station on Friday and were questioned under caution before being released on bail until Sept 15, pending further inquiries. As neither has yet been charged with any offence, both are free to continue playing cricket until then, by which time Pakistan will have completed their Test series against England. That should allow Pakistan's selectors to at least pick Kaneria, with only a modicum of controversy hanging over him. That series needs Kaneria, though the England and Wales Cricket Board, as full signatories to the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption code, will be torn over his presence. Now that Shane Warne is retired, he is the world's pre-eminent wrist-spinner, and unless Pakistan's selectors decide not to select him while the investigation is ongoing, he is crucial to their competitiveness in that series. Essex police had wanted to interview Kaneria, 29, who has 58 Test caps for Pakistan, last Monday, three days after his return to England, but that was during Essex's County Championship match with Kent and the club asked if that could be deferred until yesterday. Every other Essex player, as well as the support staff, have been helping police with their inquiries. Kaneria's performance in the match against Durham is not under scrutiny, but he is thought to have introduced Westfield, whose performance against Durham is under the microscope, to an illegal bookmaker. Westfield, 22, has been interviewed before by police, who confiscated his mobile phone. He conceded 60 runs in seven overs in the 40-over match against Durham, with four wides and two no-balls. While bad bowling is not proof of guilt, spot-fixing, whereby a small event in the game is fixed, such as a wide or a dropped catch, is thought to be the vehicle favoured by India's illegal bookmakers to manipulate bets, in which millions of pounds are staked on the smallest shifts within a match, to their advantage. That way they can also involve vulnerable individuals on the margin of the team rather than the key players (needed if a result is to be fixed) - which makes it both less detectable and more cost effective. Essex police confirmed that their investigation, which began in March this year, followed allegations received. As these allegations are thought to have come from other players, it has made for an uncomfortable dressing room this season. The employment situation from the club's point of view is equally tricky unless guilt is proven. Yet, with both Kaneria and Westfield's contracts up for renewal at the end of this season, it may not be long before we see how their club has judged them. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/counties/7726189/Essex-pair-Danish-Kaneria-and-Mervyn-Westfield-arrested-in-spot-fixing-investigation.html ============================================== Hinduon ki zehniyat hi aisi hai, dikha di ab kya kar sakte hain :cantstop: