Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is still not ready to select Danish Kaneria 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 South Africa in United Arab Emirates, 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 Durham 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 Essex 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 Pakistan 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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