Danish Kaneria

Pakistan's suspended leg-spinner, Danish Kaneria finally got a hearing from the chairman of the Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday and reportedly apologised for his failure to take the board into confidence on his case in England.

Danish Kaneria will have to wait for a few more days to find out if he gets the clearance to be considered for national selection again after the Sindh high court reserved its judgement on his petition.

Unfazed by the PCB asking for his bank details, leg-spinner Danish Kaneria said he is confident of being cleared to play for the national team again.

Pakistan's leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has submitted a clearance letter from his former county side Essex to the PCB in his bid to be re-considered for national selection.

Pakistan Test spinner Danish Kaneria has not only been banned for life from all English county by the England and Wales cricket Board (ECB) but has also been fined 100,000 pounds for his role in spot-fixing.

Pakistan selectors may prefer rookie leg-spinner Yasir Shah over experienced Danish Kaneria in the upcoming One-dayers against Bangladesh, sources said.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has informed Danish Kaneria in no uncertain terms that he won't be selected for Test matches unless he fulfills the requirements of the integrity committee.

Insisting that it has not isolated those players who have been given penalties for corruption and misconduct, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said it is closely monitoring the case of Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria.

Pakistan's banned Test leg-spinner, Danish Kaneria has submitted a sum of 28,000 pounds with a commercial high court in London in order to get his appeal against the life ban heard on April 11th.

Pak leg-spinner Danish Kaneria is set to join his county side Essex despite speculation that he is under investigation for spot fixing during a match last season.

Pakistan Cricket Board has sought clarification from the England and Wales Cricket Board over the inclusion of leg-spinner Danish Kaneria in their Test squad for the upcoming Test tour to that country.

Controversial former captain Javed Miandad feels that Danish Kaneria couldn't have played for Pakistan if the country had bias towards its minority Hindu community.

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday sought to distance itself from Shoaib Akhtar's assertion that his former teammate Danish Kaneria faced discrimination at the hands of fellow players for being a Hindu, saying that the PCB cannot be answerable for the allegation. Akhtar sparked a furore when he said that Kaneria was humiliated by some players because he was a Hindu.

The ongoing second Indian Premier League would have been the ideal platform to prove his mettle in the shortest format of the game, believes Pakistan's seasoned leg-spinner Danish Kaneria.

Danish Kaneria's career seems all but over with the PCB imposing a life ban on the spinner for indulging in spot-fixing during the 2009 English county season.

Pakistan's discarded leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has indicated that he may go to court if the PCB does not clear him of suspicions of match-fixing.

The PCB has ruled out an immediate comeback for Danish Kaneria in national team, insisting that the leg-spinner first had to satisfy PCB's integrity committee.

Banned test leg-spinner, Danish Kaneria whose appeal against a life ban has been rejected by the England and Wales Cricket Board today complained about not receiving any support from the Pakistan Cricket Board.

Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has defended banned spinner Danish Kaneria, questioning the evidence of spot-fixing against him.

In a bid to revive his international career, discarded leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has met the newly-appointed Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf.

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has come out in support of banned leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, saying he had never seen the bowler indulge in any type of activity during his career that would cast doubts over his integrity.

The independent panel holding the hearing of Danish Kaneria's appeal against the life ban imposed on him by the ECB is expected to give its verdict on the case on Friday in London.

Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has vowed to fight his way back into the national team after being released to join county side Essex ahead of their second Test against England.

Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria will know by the end of January next year whether he will be cleared to play for the national team again, a PCB official said.

Uncertainty still looms large over former captain Shoaib Malik and leg-spinner Danish Kaneria's future ahead of the Pakistan Cricket Board's integrity committee meeting on Monday.

Danish Kaneria's career still hangs in balance as the controversial leg-spinner has yet again failed to satisfy PCB of his innocence in a 2009 spot-fixing case involving his former county side Essex.

The hearing into Danish Kaneria's appeal against a life ban had to be adjourned after the counsel for the player objected to the absence of key witness, Mervyn Westfield, from the proceedings.

Disappointed at losing out on a central contract for the second part of the year, discarded Pakistan wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal has vowed to make a comeback.

Pakistan's former captain, Rashid Latif will meet the PCB officials and its legal team next week to convince them that he has enough evidence to back up his claim that an alleged Indian bookmaker, Annu Bhatt, was the guest of the board in 2005/06.