Danish Kaneria has denied he has ever been involved in fixing matches. In sentencing the Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield to four months in prison on Friday for on-field corruption, a judge in London accused Kaneria of pressuring team-mates at the county side to fix matches.

Danish Kaneria on Match fixing

"All these allegations are false," Kaneria said. "I have not only been cleared by the British police, but also by the England and Wales Cricket Board, and the International Cricket Council."

Kaneria has been suspended from international cricket by the Pakistan Cricket Board since 2010 after allegations of spot-fixing during a county match first surfaced.

He was named in the Test squad for the series against South Africa in 2010, but was pulled out at the last minute after Westfield was charged with spot-fixing during a county match. However, Kaneria has been playing in Pakistan's domestic tournaments.

For the past two years, Kaneria has been trying to clear his name over spot-fixing allegations and even appealed in the Sindh High Court in Karachi against his PCB suspension. Last year the court dismissed Kaneria's appeal, saying it was not within its jurisdiction.

"I have been trying my best to clear my name, but so far I don't know why the PCB suspended me from playing international cricket for Pakistan," Kaneria said. The leg-spinner was an integral part of Pakistan's Test squad, claiming 261 wickets in 61 Tests, before he was sidelined by the PCB.



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