Danish Kaneria’s appeal against ECB’s ban for involvement in spot-fixing was turned down

Danish Kaneria is a bowler who conjures up images of a leg-spinner with a frog-like action in most Pakistani fans’ minds; sadly, he has now faded into obscurity thanks to his involvement in the infamous 2009 spot-fixing scandal in English County cricket. The man who once was hailed as one of the most promising players to have emerged from the Pakistani cricket stables now sadly is fighting a losing cause in order to acquit himself of the charges leveled against him by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) five years back and the life-ban imposed on him has already stalled a career which once upon a time looked rosy and promising. Vineet Varma takes a look as to how Kaneria’s time as a Pakistani cricketer looks almost finished at this moment in time and what he can do to salvage of what may remain as ruins of a brief and fledgling career.