Danish Kaneria might have to wait longer for an international return: says PCB
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is still not ready to select http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Danish-Kaneria-c1314 to play for the country in any form of the game. The Integrity Committee of PCB has not cleared him as yet which has
kept him out of international cricket since last year.
The leg-spinner last represented Pakistan in their controversial tour of England in 2010 and his poor form led to his ouster from the Test team later in the same series. He was then selected
for the Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033, but PCB later withdrew him from the squad.
Kaneria was arrested last year in England because of allegations that he and his Essex's team-mate, Mervyn Westfield, were involved in spot-fixing during a Pro-40 match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Durham-c782 in
2009. He was later released by police, but the case is still pending.
On condition of not naming him in the media, an official from PCB told the reporter that PCB has been asking the leg-spinner to provide the statement which he gave to Essex police last year,
but Kaneria has not done the needful as yet.
A PCB official said, "We have been asking Danish to provide us with the statement he gave to the Essex police when he was under investigation in the spot-fixing scandal in county cricket
last year. But so far he has not provided us with the statement."
The official added that the leg spinner cannot make an international comeback until or unless he is cleared by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 police or he provides PCB with the statement which he issued in front
of the police last year.
"They are only two ways for Kaneria to be considered for national selection again. First the police complete their investigations and conclude the case against Westfield without any more
involvement from Kaneria or he has to show the integrity committee the statement he gave to the police during the course of the investigations," PCB official added.
Kaneria is the most successful spin bowler to have played Test cricket for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 and this is the reason why there is a lot of pressure on PCB to include him in the national team, but PCB
has also cleared its stance against corruption in the game.
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