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Summary Misbah-ul Haq said he was saddened by seeing Danish Kaneria named in a spot-fixing case.
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq said he was saddened by seeing international colleague Danish Kaneria named in a spot-fixing case which led to the imprisonment of an English county cricketer on Friday.Prosecutors in the case of former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield, who was sentenced to four months in jail at Londons Old Bailey, said the player had been lured into the fix after an approach by Kaneria.Kaneria was arrested in connection with the case in 2010 but later released without charge.This is really very disappointing for Pakistan cricket, said Misbah in Dubai on the eve of the third one-day international against England on Saturday.I wish that such things would vanish from our cricket.Meanwhile, crickets governing body said the jail term handed down to Westfield serves as a timely reminder to all nations to adopt zero tolerance on corruption.
