Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria will be appearing before the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) hearing into the spot-fixing on Monday. The hearing, which was previously to be held on May 21, was postponed till June 18 at the request of Danish's lawyers, says a press release issued here.
The ECB committee has charged Kaneria and his former Essex teammate Mervyn Westfield with spot-fixing. Westfield was given a short jail sentence by a crown court in February after pleading guilty to having taken 6,000 pounds to bowl wides in a Pro-40 match between Essex and Durham played in 2009 in English county season.
According to reports Danish and his legal team have prepared a strong reply to the charges against him and will submit it to the ECB at the hearing.
The chairman of the ECB?s Cricket Discipline Commission, Gerard Elias QC, will chair the hearing.
Kaneria has not played for Pakistan since August 2010 as the Pakistan Cricket Board has not cleared him for selection due to integrity issues following his questioning by the Essex police.
Meanwhile former wicket-keeper Rashid Latif has said that Danish is a match winning bowler and the Pakistan team needs him. ?He is the most successful spinner of the country," Latif said adding that he hopes his name gets cleared so that he can play for the country again.