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Summary SHC has ordered Danish Kaneria to produce transcripts or tapes of inquiry made by British police.
The PCB legal team also submitted its detailed reply to the petition filed by the discarded leg-spinner, in which he has said that the Board had given no reason for not clearing him to play for the national team.Pakistans former leg-spinner Danish Kaneria to get any relief from the Sindh high court, which has directed him and his lawyer to produce documents and materials related to the spot-fixing case in England last year.The two-member bench of the court while setting the next date of hearing for August 18 directed Kaneria to produce the transcripts and tapes of the statement he had given to the Essex police last year when he was being investigated during the case.Kaneria was later released without being charged but Westfield faces criminal proceedings.I have informed the court clearly today that the PCB wants to play Kaneria as he is an asset for Pakistan cricket. But after the embarrassment we have suffered because of the spot-fixing scandal last year we cant take a risk of playing anyone about whose integrity we have even small doubt, Rizvi said.I informed the court that the PCB and its integrity committee was only acting according to the latest directives from the ICC on anti-corruption issues, Rizvi added.During the hearing Kaneria took the plea that the court should grant him relief by directing the board to consider him for selection for next months tour to Zimbabwe but Rizvi made it clear that the player would not be considered unless he satisfied the integrity committee.I read out the minutes of the integrity committee hearing that Danish attended in which he was told clearly that he must produce the statement he gave to the police last year or the tapes. We want to be sure what was on those tapes, Rizvi explained.
