Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif, who lost their appeal at the Court of Abritration for Sport against spot-fixing bans, were the first players with team-mate Mohammad Amir to be punished by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Players implicated in corruption cases:
Life bans
May 2000: Former Pakistan captain Salim Malik banned for life by a judicial inquiry conducted by judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum. Malik was alleged to have fixed matches on Pakistan's tour of New Zealand in 1993, South Africa and Zimbabwe (1994-95)....
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10:49 AM, May 16, 2013
Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) would legally examine the dismissal of the appeal made by leg-spinner Danish Kaneria against his ban on charges of spot-fixing. An ECB panel in London had rejected Kaneria' appeal against the life ban, handed out to him over charges of spot-fixing. PCB Chairman, Zaka Ashraf said the Board lawyers will examine Kaneria's appeal verdict. "We will ask our lawyers to analyze the outcome of...
08:18 PM, Apr 27, 2013
London: Former Pakistan legspinner Danish Kaneria has lost his appeal against a lifetime ban by the England and Wales Cricket Board for his role in a corruption scandal. Kaneria was banned by the ECB last year for pressuring former Essex teammate Mervyn Westfield into spot-fixing in an English county one-day game in 2009. The ECB released a statement on Friday saying an appeals panel of the Cricket Discipline Commission dismissed...
10:52 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Karachi: The independent panel holding the hearing of Pakistani Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria's appeal against the life ban imposed on him by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is expected to give its verdict on the case on Friday in London. Sources aware of the case said the four-day proceedings of the hearing had nearly been completed with Kaneria also having recorded his statement after his former Essex teammate,...
10:42 PM, Apr 25, 2013
Disgraced pace bowler Mervyn Westfield on Monday said that he had been forced to attend the appeal hearing of Pakistani spinner Danish Kaneria or face arrest. The case in London began on Monday and is due to last until Thursday, with Kaneria hoping to overturn a life ban imposed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last year for inducing Westfield to under-perform in a 2009 county match. The...
12:26 AM, Apr 23, 2013
London: Pakistan's Danish Kaneria will try to resume his cricket career when he challenges a life ban for spot-fixing in London on Monday. But heading into the start of the appeal hearing, doubt remained over whether Mervyn Westfield would give evidence against his former Essex team-mate. Leg-spinner Kaneria was given a life ban by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) last year after a panel found him guilty of...
11:23 AM, Apr 22, 2013
Westfield, who was Kaneria's teammate at Essex county, testified that the leg-spinner had lured him and introduced him to spot fixing. ...
12:06 AM, Mar 15, 2013
Kaneria's lawyer said his client was distraught by the delay in appeal against a life ban imposed for spot-fixing last year. ...
06:57 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Banned leg-spinner Danish Kaneria's appeal against a life ban will resume on April 22 after it was adjourned by an ECB disciplinary panel. ...
10:09 PM, Feb 17, 2013
Kaneria said he couldn't speak on the issue as it was subjudice as per advice of his lawyers. ...
10:28 PM, Jan 20, 2013
Danish Kaneria's appeal against the lifetime ban given to him by the ECB was adjourned on Monday. ...
08:40 AM, Dec 11, 2012
Danish Kaneria hopes that an appeal hearing by the ECB will remove or at least reduce the life ban imposed on him. ...
11:03 PM, Dec 09, 2012
The PCB also suspended the leg-spinner from taking part in any cricket activities in Pakistan until his appeal. ...
10:36 PM, Nov 30, 2012
Kaneria has sought time with the chairman of the PCB to make his position clear in the spot- fixing allegations. ...
11:20 PM, Nov 20, 2012
Kaneria's appeal will be heard early next month by an independent three-member panel of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ...
09:59 PM, Oct 30, 2012
Kaneria is presently suspended from playing in Pakistan after being found guilty of encouraging spot fixing in English county cricket. ...
10:57 AM, Aug 31, 2012
The 31-year-old was banned from all cricket by a disciplinary committee of the ECB. ...
04:15 PM, Jul 12, 2012
Kaneria was banned by the ECB last month for pressuring former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield into spot-fixing. ...
07:31 PM, Jul 09, 2012
When Kaneria was banned, many were baffled as to why Pakistanis were so talented at cricket yet so susceptible. ...
03:49 PM, Jul 04, 2012
The former Test bowler is unlikely to be allowed to resume his career in Pakistan after being banned for life by the ECB. ...
10:00 PM, Jul 01, 2012
