Spot-fixing charges: SHC seeks Danish Kaneria's bank account details
England and Wales Cricket Board requests SHC to help in recovering £249,000 fine imposed on the leg-spinner since
A file photo of Danish Kaneria. PHOTO: AFP
KARACHI:
Following a request from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the Sindh High Court (SHC) called on Monday for former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria’s bank statement in connection with fines imposed on him for spot-fixing charges.
The ECB is seeking attachment of the 35-year-old’s property valuations to recover the £249,000 fine imposed on him.
The bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Junaid Ghaffar, directed Habib Bank Limited (HBL), Clifton Branch officials to submit details by the next hearing.
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The ECB had approached the court in August last year, seeking help for recovery of fines and costs levelled against Kaneria.
A disciplinary panel of the English cricket board had banned Kaneria in June 2012 after he was found guilty of corruption while playing for Essex in a limited-overs match in 2009 and imposed a fine of £100,000 on the cricketer.
He lost his second and final appeal against the penalty in August 2014.
The board requested the court to order Kaneria pay the fine and additional costs incurred over the course of the case.
Kaneria's life ban: I am being mistreated because I am Hindu
Kaneria is one of Pakistan’s most prolific leg-spinners with 261 wickets in 61 Test matches.
He is also only the second-ever Hindu to play for Pakistan at the highest level – first was his cousin Anil Dalpat – and was something of a poster-child for the country’s minorities until his ban.
Following a request from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the Sindh High Court (SHC) called on Monday for former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria’s bank statement in connection with fines imposed on him for spot-fixing charges.
The ECB is seeking attachment of the 35-year-old’s property valuations to recover the £249,000 fine imposed on him.
The bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Junaid Ghaffar, directed Habib Bank Limited (HBL), Clifton Branch officials to submit details by the next hearing.
Kaneria's alleged partner in crime makes comeback
The ECB had approached the court in August last year, seeking help for recovery of fines and costs levelled against Kaneria.
A disciplinary panel of the English cricket board had banned Kaneria in June 2012 after he was found guilty of corruption while playing for Essex in a limited-overs match in 2009 and imposed a fine of £100,000 on the cricketer.
He lost his second and final appeal against the penalty in August 2014.
The board requested the court to order Kaneria pay the fine and additional costs incurred over the course of the case.
Kaneria's life ban: I am being mistreated because I am Hindu
Kaneria is one of Pakistan’s most prolific leg-spinners with 261 wickets in 61 Test matches.
He is also only the second-ever Hindu to play for Pakistan at the highest level – first was his cousin Anil Dalpat – and was something of a poster-child for the country’s minorities until his ban.