Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria, who is serving a life ban for spot-fixing, has appeals to International Cricket Council’s (ICC) to allow returning in cricket after other three Pakistani players’ returns back to the field.
The ICC allowing Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir to return to competitive cricket, the trio were involved in spot-fixing in the August 2010 Lord’s Test against England.
According to local media reports Kaneria said, “Convicted players who have been jailed and have sold the country have been given a second chance but the same treatment hasn’t been given to me”.
He added, “I’ve been regularly told to accept guilt and show remorse but why should I do that when I haven’t committed any crime. I was cleared by the Essex police but the ECB especially made a panel for me, pressurised the witness [Westfield] and then forced a life ban on me. When convicted players can get a new life, why not me?”
Reportedly, Kaneria said that he was happy that the likes of Amir, Asif and Butt have been given another chance to redeem themselves in domestic and international cricket and move-on from a dark incident of their lives.
Kaneria was given a life ban by the English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2012 after being found guilty of corruption for encouraging former Essex teammate Mervyn Westfield to spot-fix in a domestic CB40 match against Durham in 2009. The former leg-spinner, who is Pakistan’s most successful Test spinner, feels that he has been singled out while other convicted players have been forgiven.
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