LAHORE – Leg-spinner Danish Kaneria is planning legal action against the Pakistan Cricket Board after the PCB refused to meet his lawyer who was seeking clarification for his continued exclusion from the Pakistan team.
“We have received another email from their lawyer saying again they are not prepared to have a meeting so obviously we are very, very disappointed about that,” Steve Haurigan, Kaneria’s lawyer, said. Sources close to the bowler said that the way things are falling he is preparing to take the legal course. Kaneria was one of three players – alongside Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik – who were summoned before the PCB’s inquiry committee in order to gain clearance to play for the country.
Pakistan had delayed the announcement of their 30-man World Cup squad till January 5 to complete investigating of three players, but only Kamran was included in the preliminary list for the tournament. Kaneria was also in the original squad to play two Tests against South Africa in the UAE, but was told moments before he was about to leave for the airport that he hadn’t been cleared to play. Haurigan reported to have said that the PCB’s
reluctance to clear Kaneria was also hampering his prospects with English county sides. “We want to know what objections the PCB have against Danish continuing to play? Because they haven’t told him or us what those objections are.
