Kaneria confesses at last
Pakistan's Danish Kaneria has finally admitted his role in a fixing scandal that led to the imprisonment of former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield after six years of denials, Britain's Daily Mail reported late Wednesday.
Kaneria, who was given a life ban by English cricket chiefs, said in an interview for an Al Jazeera television documentary: "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.
Westfield spent two months at Belmarsh prison after pleading guilty to accepting 6,000 pounds from an illegal bookmaker, Anu Bhatt, to concede 12 runs in his first over of a 40-over game against Durham in 2009. Kaneria was the "middle-man" in the scam but avoided criminal charges when English legal authorities decided they lacked evidence for a conviction.
Kaneria said the fear of embarrassing his father, who died in 2013, was part of the reason behind his repeated denials.
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