Shoaib Akhtar and Danish Kaneria will appear before a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) disciplinary committee on Tuesday to respond to charges of violating the players' code of conduct. The duo were charged with criticising PCB policies following the board's announcement of the new central contracts in January.
Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria took five for 62 to help bowl Sri Lanka out for 233 on an action-packed second day of the third Test on Tuesday. Kaneria, playing his first game of the series, bowled superbly to give Pakistan a 66-run first-innings lead.
Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria has undergone finger surgery and will be sidelined for six weeks, the bowler said on Thursday. Kaneria, who plays for English county Essex, underwent the operation on Wednesday after sustaining the injury against Worcestershire which forced him to return home with one month remaining for the season to end.
Riding on the match-saving hundred against New Zealand in the second cricket Test, Indian batsman VVS Laxman on Tuesday returned to the top-20 of the ICC Rankings, up six places to 15th in the latest list.
Tainted Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has filed an appeal in a commercial court in London against the life ban imposed on him for spot-fixing in county matches.
Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, who did not feature in the inaugural Indian Premier League, has fetched the highest base price among his compatriots for the IPL second edition players' auction to be held in Goa on February 6. He has been given a base price of US $100,000 in the players auction, the highest among the five Pakistani players who will feature in the auction.
Danish Kaneria called Kevin Pietersen a chicken and then got him out with a perfect googly
VVS Laxman and Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck up a 115-run partnership to help India recover from 93 for 5 to 228 for 6 at close on Day 2 of the second Test.
Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria denied having told anyone that he would consider playing for England if Pakistan continue to ignore him.
Tired of being overlooked by the selectors, Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria is toying with the idea of switching sides and playing for England. The 27-year-old leg-spinner said he has enough cricket left in him and would not hesitate to switch sides if Pakistan continues to ignore him.
Pakistani selectors have dropped the flamboyant all-rounder for the first one-day international against West Indies.
Vice captain Younis Khan and all rounder Shahid Afridi have been promoted to the top category.
Irfan Pathan reached his maiden Test hundred on Sunday in style - hitting Danish Kaneria for a six to move from 96 to 102. He, in the course, became only the seventh Indian to reach the three-figure mark with a six.
Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria said the wicket of Mahendra Singh Dhoni was a very vital for his team.
Pakistan reduced South Africa to 76 for 3 after conceding a 159-run first-innings lead on the third day of the first Test.
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has released statements from Essex coach Paul Grayson and player Tom Westley's that rule out the fact that leg-spinner Danish Kaneria tried to coax them into spot-fixing.
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South Africa, chasing 161 to win, were 36 for two at the end of the second day of the third Test.
Danish Kaneria and Mohammad Sami were dropped for the team for the first three one-day internationals against India.
Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria said captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's had helped him a lot during the thrashing by Brian Lara in the second Test.
The Pakistan leg spinner said the curator should try to make tracks which encourage bowlers and are not totally in favour of batsmen.
The all rounder was recalled to the squad for the triangular series in the Netherlands and the ICC Champions Trophy.
The Pakistan leg-spinner has bowled 134 overs in two championship games for English county Essex.
The Pakistan leg spinner has been ordered to remain as fresh as possible for his country's tours to Sri Lanka and England.
However, the Pakistani leg-spinner believes that he would be in frame for the 2007 World Cup.
The team management felt he should be fresh before the long series against England begins.
Pakistan leg spinner Danish Kaneria fears he could be branded as a Test bowler only after being omitted from the squad for the one-day series in Australia.
Pakistan won the third and final Test against England by an innings and 100 runs to take the series 2-0.
Danish Kaneria says he went back to the drawing board to plot England's downfall in the first Test
Chasing a target of 198, England were bowled out for 175 by Pakistan in the first Test
The leg-spinner took 6 for 102 as Sri Lanka reduced to 361 for seven in their second innings at close of play on the fourth day of the second Test.
Pakistan have selected two uncapped teenagers in a 15-man squad for the two-Test series against Sri Lanka starting on October 20.
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