Karachi: The PCB on Friday advised banned Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria to approach the England Cricket Board (ECB) if he wants to resume playing club or domestic cricket.
A desperate Kaneria, banned since 2012, want to resume cricket activities to earn his livelihood but the PCB said it can’t do much since the punishment was handed to him by the ECB.
‘Article 6.8 of the ECB Anti-Corruption Code, which is applicable in this case, clearly states only the chair of the anti-corruption tribunal, which has imposed a period of ineligibility on a player, had the discretion to permit the player to participate,” the PCB said in a press release.
“As such, you are advised to approach the ECB as per Article 6.8 of the ECB Anti-Corruption Code,” it said. Kaneria is only the second Hindu to play Test cricket for Pakistan. He scalped 261 wickets before being banned by the ECB for life for spot-fixing in English county matches. Kaneria after denying his involvement in spot-fixing and pleading his innocence finally admitted in late 2018 to a foreign television network he was guilty. Kaneria maintains that he suffered unimaginable and incomprehensible hardships, both professionally and personally, and continues to suffer with each passing day. But the PCB reminded Kaneria that since he had exhausted all his avenues to appeal against the life ban, only the ECB can now review his case. “The life ban was imposed by the ECB and upheld by all ICC Members as per Article 9 of the ICC/PCB Anti-Corruption Code, and the only way it could have been overturned was by way of appeal, an avenue which has already been explored,” the PCB release said. (PTI)
