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PAKISTAN’S Danish Kaneria has finally admitted his role in a fixing scandal that led to the imprisonment of former Essex teammate Mervyn Westfield after six years of denials, Britain’s Daily Mail reported Thursday.

Kaneria, who was given a life ban by English cricket chiefs that effectively applied worldwide, said in an interview for an Al Jazeera television documentary quoted by the Mail: “My name is Danish Kaneria and I admit that I was guilty of the two charges brought against me by the England and Wales Cricket Board in 2012.”

Leg-spinner Kaneria, who insisted he was repentant as he called for his life ban to be overturned, added: “I want to apologise to Mervyn Westfield, my Essex teammates, my Essex cricket club, my Essex cricket fans. I say sorry to Pakistan.”

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Westfield spent two months at Belmarsh prison in south-east London after pleading guilty to accepting £6,000 (AUD$11,040) from an illegal bookmaker, Anu Bhatt, to concede 12 runs in his first over of an English county 40-over game against Durham in 2009. He conceded only 10, but still took the money.

Kaneria was allegedly the “middle-man” in the scam, having introduced Westfield to Bhatt, but avoided criminal charges when English legal authorities decided they lacked the evidence for a conviction.

Now 37, Kaneria remains Pakistan’s leading spinner with 261 Test wickets.

He last played for Pakistan in the Trent Bridge Test of 2010, and has not appeared in any first-class game since March 2012, with all major boards upholding the ECB ban under International Cricket Council guidance.

“I want to ask people’s forgiveness,” Kaneria said.

“Cricket has given me so much in my life and I want to give something back.

“If the ECB and ICC and other bodies would give me a second chance I can help to educate young people in cricket, teach them that if you do wrong you are finished like me.”

Kaneria said the fear of embarrassing his father, who died in 2013 and had been suffering from cancer, explained part of the reason behind his repeated denials of wrongdoing.

“His health was getting worse and worse,” he recalled.

“I didn’t have the courage to face him and tell him that I was wrong. He was a very, very proud guy. Very, very proud of me and what I did, representing Pakistan, representing my country.

“I want to apologise to my father, who has always been a role model for me.”

Meanwhile Westfield told the Mail he accepted Kaneria’s apology, saying: “This whole chapter of spot-fixing changed my life, but I have never blamed anyone for the terrible mistake I made.

“However, opening up about my wrongdoing and telling the truth allowed me to move on,” added Westfield, now 30, who was banned from professional cricket for five years after being released from jail but has since played club and minor county matches.

“I hope that Danish finds peace and closure by doing this, and I wish him all the best for the future.”

https://www.foxsports.com.au/cricke...s/news-story/805db562f651d0941eb90b2f07daca49
 
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Absolutely zero sympathy for the guy. He accused the PCB of discriminating against him because he was a minority. He probably never even told his late father the truth. Wasted his entire life savings when he knew full well he was lying. Now because of him, questions are going to be asked that if he is guilty of match fixing and spot fixing, how many others in the Pakistani team are guilty?

I knew Kaneria's high school coach and teacher, he always used to proudly mentioned Kaneria's name and how Kaneria was one of his favorite students. He must be absolutely devastated to read about this today.
 
Where are the posters who defended him.

Please come forward
 
Didnt he even go to India to ask for help as a hindu who was being discriminated against by Pakistan?

I want to feel sorry for this guy. Want to.
 
Absolute disgrace.

A few of our friends tried to defend him on the religious persecution angle.
 
If Kaneria had admitted his guilt in 2012, could he have escaped a life ban and got a short term ban instead? He might have been playing cricket today.
 
People are missing the point. Everyone knew that Kaneria was guilty. The testimony of Pakistani players means nothing - if they are accused of fixing, they are probably guilty.

It is part of our cricket heritage, and every generation 2-3 players make sure that the tradition is upheld.

However, in spite of the tainted history of our cricketers, our fans and the PCB have a deep legacy of glorifying and protecting fixers, because the first reaction is to always assume that it is a conspiracy and the player has been framed. This deranged way of thinking has been adopted for chucking as well.

Nonetheless, this privilege was not extended to Kaneria. At no point did he get any sympathy or support from the PCB or the fans.

Forget Amir, who was portrayed a fallen hero and PCB as well as our fans deserve to witness his poor performances (they had it coming for having no shame whatsoever), even Butt and Asif have had more backing, in spite of the fact that Kaneria has done more for Pakistan cricket than all three together. Only three bowlers have taken more Test wickets.

Perhaps he should have come out earlier and not take the years to shed croc tears, Amir was certainly smarter than him and realized quite early that playing innocent will not help.

Nonetheless, the lack of support from all quarters had to do with the fact the he was viewed as dispensable and possibly because of discrimination as well.
 
Shame that he brought his religion in this and, also put false accusations on his nation regarding religious discrimination.

In this regard, Asif and Salman are better
 
Savak said:
If Kaneria had admitted his guilt in 2012, could he have escaped a life ban and got a short term ban instead? He might have been playing cricket today.
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I think the cold shoulder treatment by the PCB played a role in him not coming out earlier. Someone like Amir was probably told behind close doors that if he admits his guilt, PCB will do everything within their powers to protect his career. Kaneria did not get such assurities, so he had to fend on his own.

The treatment that Kaneria got is exactly what every fixer deserves, but it is important to highlight the sheer hypocrisy and double-standards of PCB and our fans.
 
Kohli said:
Shame that he brought his religion in this and, also put false accusations on his nation regarding religious discrimination.

In this regard, Asif and Salman are better
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If they were in his situation, they would have done the same. Everyone plays some card.
 
Disappointing. I actually believed him and was sympathetic to him while didn’t believe that the trios denials at any point
 
The real culprit in this whole saga is Karman Akmal :)

If not for him, Kaneria would be in demand for Pakistan as a players and PCB would have supported him.

The whole cold shoulder to him had nothing to do with discrimination - only to do with form. Amir's last series before the scandal and Danish's last series were chalk and cheese.
 
Kaneria said that part of the reason he maintained his innocence at the time was that his father - who died of cancer in 2013 - had been in poor health. "His health was getting worse and worse.

So he took another 5yrs to come terms with fact that he helped fixing matches.
Why dont these Losers look at the timing of their confessions.Do these things when there is no series going on involving Pakistan.

Kaneria played 61 Tests for Pakistan between 2000 and 2010 and took 261 wickets at an average of 34.79. He is still Pakistan's most successful spin bowler.

A little harsh but the fact of the matter is that all found guilty of fixing their records should be disregard.
 
Kohli said:
Yeah, they may very well would've but, I don't care about "WOULD HAVE".

They didn't. It's as simple as that.
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You cannot compare apple to oranges. Their situations were different, but they all played different cards to defend themselves.

Asif and Butt played the “PCB have double standards” card, Amir played the “I was young and got influenced” card, and Kaneria played the “I am Hindu” card.

No one is better or worse. They all did what they had to based on their situations.
 
Mamoon said:
You cannot compare apple to oranges. Their situations were different, but they all played different cards to defend themselves.

Asif and Butt played the “PCB have double standards” card, Amir played the “I was young and got influenced” card, and Kaneria played the “I am Hindu” card.

No one is better or worse. They all did what they had to based on their situations.
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Amir admitted guilt almost instantaneously - saving grace.

In the baysharmee stakes, Kaneria won the race.
 
Mamoon said:
You cannot compare apple to oranges. Their situations were different, but they all played different cards to defend themselves.

Asif and Butt played the “PCB have double standards” card, Amir played the “I was young and got influenced” card, and Kaneria played the “I am Hindu” card.

No one is better or worse. They all did what they had to based on their situations.
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You are not understanding my point. Blaming PCB is different and, blaming one's own country about religious discrimination is on a different level.
 
I wonder how Rashid lateef is feeling now, who kept saying all these years that Danish never got justice.
 
Kohli said:
You are not understanding my point. Blaming PCB is different and, blaming one's own country about religious discrimination is on a different level.
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He will not understand because he has to use it to make Pakistan look bad somehow.
 
Also, very convenient of Amir to eventually plead guilty to only to the two no-balls he bowled at the Lord's test and not come out clean about everything else that he may have done before. Majeed clearly mentioned that he had Amir in his pocket.
 
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Kohli said:
You are not understanding my point. Blaming PCB is different and, blaming one's own country about religious discrimination is on a different level.
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I understand your point and I want you to understand mine as well. Different situations, different cards.

The trio were not in a position to play the discrimination/minority card so they did not. You cannot make them look better than Kaneria for not doing so because it does not apply to them in the first place.
 
Mamoon said:
I understand your point and I want you to understand mine as well. Different situations, different cards.

The trio were not in a position to play the discrimination/minority card so they did not. You cannot make them look better than Kaneria for not doing so because it does not apply to them in the first place.
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These IFs BUTs WOULD HAVEs are not significant. Then it can be used for me and you as well.

You can say IF you/ me been playing cricket, and IF we HAD fixed, then even we WOULD HAVE blamed of religious discrimination IF we belonged to minority in that country.

Personally I don't know Amir/ Asif/ any other fixer, so I won't comment.

Also, AZHARUDDIN despite not fixing, never did he blame INDIA for religious discrimination.
 
MenInG said:
Amir admitted guilt almost instantaneously - saving grace.

In the baysharmee stakes, Kaneria won the race.
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He did not. Amir lied when he thought he could get away with it, but he received good guidance (because of PCB’s support) and pleaded guilty earlier than Asif and Butt which saved his career.
 
Teams would die to have the combination of Mohd Amir, Mohd Asif, Danish Kaneria, Salman Butt, and Sharjeel. Just imagine the game with these 5 playing last 5 years with no interruption. What a waste!
 
sali said:
Teams would die to have the combination of Mohd Amir, Mohd Asif, Danish Kaneria, Salman Butt, and Sharjeel. Just imagine the game with these 5 playing last 5 years with no interruption. What a waste!
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Isn't Yasir Shah better than Kaneria?
 
Kohli said:
These IFs BUTs WOULD HAVEs are not significant. Then it can be used for me and you as well.

You can say IF you/ me been playing cricket, and IF we HAD fixed, then even we WOULD HAVE blamed of religious discrimination IF we belonged to minority in that country.

Personally I don't know Amir/ Asif/ any other fixer, so I won't comment.

Also, AZHARUDDIN despite not fixing, never did he blame INDIA for religious discrimination.
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They are significant because you are make two fixers look better at the expense of another fixer for not playing a card that does not apply to them. How is that logical?

If were a Hindu playing for Pakistan and would have been involved in fixing, my chances of playing the minority card to get away with would have high. However, if I were a Muslim, I would have played some other card.

Asif, Butt, Amir and Kaneria are not better or worse than each other. They played different cards motivated by different situations.

If another Pakistani minority cricketer is caught for fixing and he does not play the discrimination card, you can use his example to make Kaneria look bad, but not Asif, Butt and Amir, since it does not apply to them in the first place.
 
BreadPakoda said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/798982.stm

Heaven's sake, update your knowledge before posting here.
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He didn't fix and his crying is justified. I wouldn't like me being a fixer and blaming my country. I was talking about fixer blaming his country. Kindly show me a fixer.
 
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Mamoon said:
They are significant because you are make two fixers look better at the expense of another fixer for not playing a card that does not apply to them. How is that logical?

If were a Hindu playing for Pakistan and would have been involved in fixing, my chances of playing the minority card to get away with would have high. However, if I were a Muslim, I would have played some other card.

Asif, Butt, Amir and Kaneria are not better or worse than each other. They played different cards motivated by different situations.

If another Pakistani minority cricketer is caught for fixing and he does not play the discrimination card, you can use his example to make Kaneria look bad, but not Asif, Butt and Amir, since it does not apply to them in the first place.
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No it's ur opinion.U can use hypothesis only based on something. You also need some basis to claim that every minority cricketer will blame the country. Unless u prove it, u can't say all are equal.
 
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Kohli said:
No it's ur opinion.U can use hypothesis only based on something. You also need some basis to claim that every minority cricketer will blame the country. Unless u prove it, u can't say all are equal.
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My claim that minority discrimination card does not apply to Asif, Butt and Amir is not an opinion, it is a fact.

I am also not implying that every minority cricketer will blame the country, some will, some will not. However, you cannot use the trio to make Kaneria look bad because it does not apply to them.

As I said, if another minority cricketer for Pakistan does not play the discrimination card, you can use his example to make Kaneria look bad.
 
Mamoon said:
My claim that minority discrimination card does not apply to Asif, Butt and Amir is not an opinion, it is a fact.

I am also not implying that every minority cricketer will blame the country, some will, some will not. However, you cannot use the trio to make Kaneria look bad because it does not apply to them.

As I said, if another minority cricketer for Pakistan does not play the discrimination card, you can use his example to make Kaneria look bad.
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No , that's my opinion and it won't change. You need to prove that they'd have. Unless u prove u can't ask me to believe urs.

It's u who has quoted me. Not me trying to change ur opinion.
 
You are either a fixer or not. There are no bad fixer, moderate fixer etc. All are cheats.
 
Kohli said:
He didn't fix and his crying is justified. I wouldn't like me being a fixer and blaming my country. I was talking about fixer blaming his country. Kindly show me a fixer.
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Did Jadeja or any other player whose ban was overturned cried religious discrimination? Azhar was able to play that card because he could, and thats what Kaneria did.
 
Better late than never, but never late is better.
 
Kohli said:
No , that's my opinion and it won't change. You need to prove that they'd have. Unless u prove u can't ask me to believe urs.

It's u who has quoted me. Not me trying to change ur opinion.
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Your comparison is illogical to begin with, there is nothing to prove or disprove.
 
When Imran Tahir was doing wonders at domestic level, he was never given a chance coz Pak and in particular Inzi didn't wanted Danish to be replaced by another spinner.Its sad for us that Imran ended up playing for SA and Danish ended up in total disgrace.
 
MenInG said:
Amir admitted guilt almost instantaneously - saving grace.

In the baysharmee stakes, Kaneria won the race.
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He most certainly did not. He only admitted after he realised that there is no way out.

Anyway this logic doesn't fly. If you kill someone and admit it immediately it's no better than doing so 6 years later.

The real difference is Kaneria got a lifetime ban while Amir/Asif got a 5/7 years ban. Same crime but different sentences for 2 people.
 
the_outsider said:
He most certainly did not. He only admitted after he realised that there is no way out.

Anyway this logic doesn't fly. If you kill someone and admit it immediately it's no better than doing so 6 years later.

The real difference is Kaneria got a lifetime ban while Amir/Asif got a 5/7 years ban. Same crime but different sentences for 2 people.
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I dont think you have enough knowledge to comment, Kaneria got life ban from ECB, PCB didnt even charge him but they must follow ECB due to ICC rules. Amir, Asif and Butt was also banned by ICC and they decided their punishment its very important to understand that. PCB didnt have the power in any of these cases as incident occurred in foreign countries.
 
Kohli said:
No , that's my opinion and it won't change. You need to prove that they'd have. Unless u prove u can't ask me to believe urs.

It's u who has quoted me. Not me trying to change ur opinion.
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People like Mamoon live on if and buts to make their argument. But I am with you on this would have could have has no value. By the same token I can say mamoon would be the biggest fixer world has ever seen if he ever played for Pakistan himself would it make sense?

Another point he makes about Kaneria not getting any support by Pakistan, Well he fixed a domestic game in England so he got convicted in British court and PCB could do nothing plus they also knew all along he was guilty and probably told him to just admit guilt. The punishment for the trio was also decided by ICC tribunal so was nothing to do with PCB.
 
Danish was always a wrong'un, even when he was playing county circuit, I remember people were looking for him regarding some dodgy money deals.
 
MenInG said:
Amir admitted guilt almost instantaneously - saving grace.

In the baysharmee stakes, Kaneria won the race.
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As others pointed out, it took Amir a long time to admit his guilt. He played the victim on TV, talked about conspiracies against Pakistan, etc.

I hated him for that and at the time didn't want him or any of the others to be allowed back in the team, ever.
 
MenInG said:
Amir admitted guilt almost instantaneously - saving grace.

In the baysharmee stakes, Kaneria won the race.
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Amir only admitted once he found out from CPS that they had his incriminating phone messages. He had no choice but to admit.
 
Pakhs said:
I dont think you have enough knowledge to comment, Kaneria got life ban from ECB PCB didnt even charge him but they must follow ECB due to ICC rules. Amir, Asif and Butt was also banned by ICC and they decided their punishment its very important to understand that. PCB didnt have the power in any of these cases as incident occurred in foreign countries.
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When did I mention any particular cricket board? I pointed out the significant difference in the two sentences for what is the same offence.
 
the_outsider said:
He most certainly did not. He only admitted after he realised that there is no way out.

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Atleast he was smart at something. Danish took years to admit, and he played minority card and Karachi card which was plain dumb.The question is why he has admitted now? Saleem malik is also serving life ban and he still denies wrong doing.
 
MenInG said:
Amir admitted guilt almost instantaneously - saving grace.

In the baysharmee stakes, Kaneria won the race.
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nope.

Amir denied it.

Infact i remember Amir going on saying that he was being punished for bowling a no ball.

Amir took every advantage he could to get away with it.

Amir first appealed against his suspencision( remember this was the time when he was suspended and not yet proven guilty)
Then he criticized ICC.

In february of 2011, ICC's tribunal handed out bans

Amir said he would appeal at the court of arbitration

In septemeber Amir admitted what he had done, and yet he didnt take the blame and tried to put it on Salman Butt and others. While in reality he was an adult if his real age was considered
 
Shameless creature played the religion card also for his fixing controversy
 
I dont understand why has he admitted now. It is 2017, he is 37 years old, he exhausted all his appeal avenues, life savings and was awarded a life ban from the sport. The smart thing to do was to admit immediately in 2012.

It doesn't make sense to admit now when his career is over. What is his motivation? What is he trying to achieve by this? It's not like the ICC will lift his life ban, its not like he will ever be allowed to have a job in Cricket or to Coach any team.

By not admitting and by crying fowl some parties would have believed his cries of conspiracy. I wonder who has been advising him all this time and whether he ever conceeded or admitted the truth to anyone all this while
 
the_outsider said:
When did I mention any particular cricket board? I pointed out the significant difference in the two sentences for what is the same offence.
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I think kaneria case is different to the trio so different length of punishment, Where the trio essential got same punishment with butt bit more due to him being captain.
 
We knew he was guilty but its sad that one of our better spinners sank so low. Its not as if he was uneducated and didnt know the consequences. Danish has let the country down, just like the other idiots before him.
 
Major said:
nope.

Amir denied it.

Infact i remember Amir going on saying that he was being punished for bowling a no ball.

Amir took every advantage he could to get away with it.

Amir first appealed against his suspencision( remember this was the time when he was suspended and not yet proven guilty)
Then he criticized ICC.

In february of 2011, ICC's tribunal handed out bans

Amir said he would appeal at the court of arbitration

In septemeber Amir admitted what he had done, and yet he didnt take the blame and tried to put it on Salman Butt and others. While in reality he was an adult if his real age was considered
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could you believe that Amir had the brain to do all this...

just like any other guy during protest who doesn't know why are they even destroying their our own Infrastructure.
 
There is no difference between Amir, Asif, Butt, Kaneria, Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Cronje etc. All of them were fixers. BCCI and SA board banned their tainted players immidiately. On the other hand, PCB did everything in their hand to fast track Amir into the team bcoz of his talent. They also allowed likes of Asif and Butt to play domestics and if performances are good they might come back to national team. That same priviledge was never extended to Danish Kaneria, even though he did not fix in an international game unlike the trio.

So obviously there has been selective bias from PCB. Should Kaneria have played the religion card? Ofcourse not. But when you get discriminated and your fellow players treated differently for the same offence, anyone would feel bad...its human psycology. Minorities in India play this religion card on a daily basis even though we hv history of numerous minority players playing for India, bollywood stars, bureocrats all have huge number of minorities.
 
Kohli said:
How ungrateful can u be to raise voice against ur own country, despite being a culprit?

He should be fined further for lying.
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He's not going to receive any help from the PCB or any Pakistani cricketers. It is obvious why; you cannot attempt to deflect blame towards others and then expect their help.

The sad thing about all this is that Kaneria has never been discriminated against by the PCB. He was our first choice spinner for a long time and would have received the same level of support as Butt and Asif, had he not lied about being discriminated against by his employers and embarassed Pakistan by asking India for help.
 
Savak said:
I dont understand why has he admitted now. It is 2017, he is 37 years old, he exhausted all his appeal avenues, life savings and was awarded a life ban from the sport. The smart thing to do was to admit immediately in 2012.

It doesn't make sense to admit now when his career is over. What is his motivation? What is he trying to achieve by this? It's not like the ICC will lift his life ban, its not like he will ever be allowed to have a job in Cricket or to Coach any team.

By not admitting and by crying fowl some parties would have believed his cries of conspiracy. I wonder who has been advising him all this time and whether he ever conceeded or admitted the truth to anyone all this while
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He needs a job and more importantly, money. Lying and blaming others did not work so the poor guy is banking on honesty to pull him out.

I do sympathize with him and hope that he can land a contract with one of the T20 leagues out there. It is easy to say others should have upstanding morals but what we do if we were put into such a situation?

ali2220 said:
When Imran Tahir was doing wonders at domestic level, he was never given a chance coz Pak and in particular Inzi didn't wanted Danish to be replaced by another spinner.Its sad for us that Imran ended up playing for SA and Danish ended up in total disgrace.
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Yes, if anything, Kaneria was favored over other Muslim bowlers. His discrimination allegations were baseless.
 
Should have admitted he was guilty there and then. No sympathy for him. Good riddance.
 
Canford Cliffs said:
There is no difference between Amir, Asif, Butt, Kaneria, Azharuddin, Ajay Jadeja, Cronje etc. All of them were fixers. BCCI and SA board banned their tainted players immidiately. On the other hand, PCB did everything in their hand to fast track Amir into the team bcoz of his talent. They also allowed likes of Asif and Butt to play domestics and if performances are good they might come back to national team. That same priviledge was never extended to Danish Kaneria, even though he did not fix in an international game unlike the trio.

So obviously there has been selective bias from PCB. Should Kaneria have played the religion card? Ofcourse not. But when you get discriminated and your fellow players treated differently for the same offence, anyone would feel bad...its human psycology. Minorities in India play this religion card on a daily basis even though we hv history of numerous minority players playing for India, bollywood stars, bureocrats all have huge number of minorities.
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You are spot on, all of them were match fixers including Azhar, thats where I commend BCCI and SA, they banned their captains where PCB like cricket Australia allowed these guys back into fold.
 
Hw much did he get paid by Al Jazeera for this interview, he is not doing this for nothing.
 
The most important thing that we are missing here is that Kaneria was already past his prime and was dropped from the time even before this incident took place. We had found a world class bowler in Ajmal who was gradually making his mark in test cricket and was a champion limited overs bowler. On the other hand, when Amir and rest were caught in spot fixing, Amir was in the form of his life and was touted as the next best thing in fast bowling or the second coming of Wasim akram and he also had age in his favour unlike Kaneria. If Kaneria was performing as good as his early days pcb would surely have tried to make some allowance for him.
 
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Bilal7 said:
He needs a job and more importantly, money. Lying and blaming others did not work so the poor guy is banking on honesty to pull him out.

I do sympathize with him and hope that he can land a contract with one of the T20 leagues out there. It is easy to say others should have upstanding morals but what we do if we were put into such a situation?



Yes, if anything, Kaneria was favored over other Muslim bowlers. His discrimination allegations were baseless.
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He introduced Westfield to fixers, that is an even bigger offence than match fixing alone just like what Nasir Jamshed has been found guilty off. His playing days are over and there is no way he can coach again.

If he wants to earn money, he has to find options outside of cricket. In 6 years he could have easily pursued academic options.
 
I have no sympathy for Kaneria. Nor Butt or Asif or Amir or anyone else. They were earning perfectly good incomes before they got greedy and chose (it's always a choice) to sell out their country/county team/etc.
 
Bilal7 said:
He's not going to receive any help from the PCB or any Pakistani cricketers. It is obvious why; you cannot attempt to deflect blame towards others and then expect their help.

The sad thing about all this is that Kaneria has never been discriminated against by the PCB. He was our first choice spinner for a long time and would have received the same level of support as Butt and Asif, had he not lied about being discriminated against by his employers and embarassed Pakistan by asking India for help.
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The PCB themselves didn't do enough to stamp out fixing, the impression was always that they had a good idea what was going on, but chose to turn a blind eye because too many golden boys were involved. I get the feeling that they were under the impression other boards were doing something similar, but with Pakistan's tendency to attract bad headlines, they were always likely to be under the spotlight more.

People like Danish, Amir, Butt etc grew up in a culture of fixing, it was allowed to take root in the Pakistan team, and the PCB never took enough responsibility to root it out. They have learned their lesson it seems, so credit to them for that.
 
Don't want anything to do with this fixer any more. I believed him when he said he was being framed. Can't believe I fell for it.

We need to ensure any future fixtures are punished and not portrayed as victims.
 
Cpt. Rishwat said:
The PCB themselves didn't do enough to stamp out fixing, the impression was always that they had a good idea what was going on, but chose to turn a blind eye because too many golden boys were involved. I get the feeling that they were under the impression other boards were doing something similar, but with Pakistan's tendency to attract bad headlines, they were always likely to be under the spotlight more.

People like Danish, Amir, Butt etc grew up in a culture of fixing, it was allowed to take root in the Pakistan team, and the PCB never took enough responsibility to root it out. They have learned their lesson it seems, so credit to them for that.
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You are extremely misinformed about what transpired with the trio. I am not defending them but you have to go back and read what happened. They had never been engaged in any illicit activities till mazhar majeed used his questionable methods.. at least no match fixing,spot fixinf etc was proven before that incident with the no balls..

Believe it or not there was much much stronger evidence against the generation of superstars before them but nothing was done about it. I always thought that our team in the aftermath if the departure of those superstars was much cleaner.. under malik or afridi or younis, etc.. i am not saying the tendency towards corruption was not there .. it was... but i think inzi’s mulla era also helped eradicate much of it.. maybe inzi turned over a bew leaf and helped the younger generation.. i dont know.. but i firmly believe there was no wrong doing from that group of guys priot to the no ball incident.
 
Now those saying he was targeted for being Hindu can give it a rest. Like Asif and Butt he also got what he deserved. Would have probably been our highest wicket taker had he not spoilt his career. What is even sadder that coming from a comfortable background there was no need for him to sell out.
 
But why now? Everybody knew he was a fixer but he still got TV gigs and was making a living because of possible benefit of doubt. What will he gain from this? To lie for so many years was stupid. To confess now is suicidal.
 
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