Full name Danish Parabha Shanker Kaneria (Nick name – Nani-Danny)
Born December 16, 1980, Karachi, Sind
Major teams Pakistan, Essex, Habib Bank Limited, Karachi, Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, Pakistan Reserves
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Danish Prabha Shanker Kaneria is a Pakistani cricketer. Danish Kaneria has continued the tradition of great Pakistani leg spin bowlers and possesses a very well disguised googly. In Test matches, Kaneria holds the record for most wickets by any Pakistani spin bowler and fourth on the list of most Test wickets over all, only behind Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Imran Khan.
Career
Tests
He made his international debut in 2000 against England at Faisalabad. In January 2002, he took 7 wickets for 77 runs in the Test match against Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, which are his career best figures so far in Test cricket. Earlier, in the same season, he had taken 6 wickets in an innings twice against Bangladesh during Bangladesh’s tour of Pakistan. In October 2004, he took 10 wickets against Sri Lanka at Karachi, with a second-innings haul of 7/109, setting up Pakistan’s 6-wicket win. More recently he has played an important role in Pakistan’s Test wins over West Indies, England and India. In December 2009, He took 7/168 in the 1st innings of the 3rd Test match against New Zealand at Napier. Pakistan managed to draw that game. Since then he has not played for Pakistan.
One Day Internationals
In One Day International cricket, he has been economical so far with an economy rate under 4.8 runs per over. His best bowling in ODIs came against New Zealand in Sri Lanka in 2003. He also had a good series against Zimbabwe in Sharjah just before that.
Success in the one day arena has been more elusive, Pakistan usually opting to play the two spinning all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik or Saeed Ajmal instead.
County Cricket
Kaneria has impressed in English county cricket taking 32 wickets in seven championship matches for Essex in 2005. Although unable to play English county cricket in 2006 due to Pakistan’s tour of England, he returned to play for Essex in 2007, taking 107 wickets for the County in all forms of the game. He played for Essex again in 2008, although he missed the start of the campaign due to his wife giving birth to their second child. Kaneria suffered a broken finger in Essex’s LV County Championship Division Two match against Worcestershire at Colchester on August 21, 2008. The bowler was injured attempting to take a catch off Ben Smith. An X-ray confirmed he had broken a finger and he missed the remainder of the 2008 English domestic season.
Danish Kaneria News
Karachi: Former International Cricketing Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani has urged the governing body to safeguard the sanctity of cricket following the spot-fixing scandals that has surrounded the Indian Premier League tournament. The spot-fixing scandal involving three Rajasthan Royals players, S. Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila, has added weight to the growing concerns of [...] The post Ex-ICC chief Mani urges body to safeguard ”cricket”s sanctity” following IPL spot-fixing scandal appeared first on Cricket News. Karachi, The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has reportedly said that the board would legally examine the dismissal of leg-spin bowler Danish Kaneria’s appeal against his life ban on playing cricket in England on allegations of spot-fixing. The ban imposed on Kaneria by an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) panel was based [...] The post PCB to analyze leg-spinner Danish Kaneria’s appeal against life ban appeared first on Cricket News. London: Former Pakistani and Essex spinner Danish Kaneria`s appeal against a lifetime ban imposed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for a spot-fixing incident was rejected yesterday by a five-man panel from the cricket discipline commission. According to a ECB statement, an appeal panel of the commission dismissed Kaneria`s appeal against a finding [...] The post Panel rejects Kaneria`s appeal against ECB-imposed ban over spot-fixing appeared first on Cricket News. LONDON : Controversial Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria failed in his appeal to overturn his lifetime ban from cricket on Friday. Kaneria was banned last year for his role in a spot-fixing plot, but denied all involvement and immediately indicated his intention to contest the decision. The 32-year-old was found guilty of “cajoling and pressurising” former [...] The post Kaneria loses appeal against life ban appeared first on Cricket News. Sydney: Disgraced English pace bowler Mervyn Westfield has revealed that he has been forced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to attend the match-fixing appeal hearing of Pakistani spinner Danish Kaneria or face arrest. Kaneria, who is hoping to overturn a life ban imposed by the England and Wales Cricket Board last year [...] The post ‘Disgraced’ Westfield ‘forced’ to attend ‘match-fixer’ Kaneria`s appeal hearing or face arrest appeared first on Cricket News. LONDON – Disgraced pace bowler Mervyn Westfield on Monday said that he had been forced to attend the appeal hearing of Pakistani spinner Danish Kaneria or face arrest. The case in London began on Monday and is due to last until Thursday, with Kaneria hoping to overturn a life ban imposed by the England and [...] The post Reluctant Westfield to appear at Kaneria case appeared first on Cricket News. LONDON- Pakistan’s Danish Kaneria will try to resume his cricket career when he challenges a life ban for spot-fixing in London on Monday. But heading into the start of the appeal hearing, doubt remained over whether Mervyn Westfield would give evidence against his former Essex team-mate. Leg-spinner Kaneria was given a life ban by the [...] The post Kaneria bids to overturn life ban appeared first on Cricket News. LONDON – Pakistan’s Danish Kaneria will try to resume his cricket career when he challenges a life ban for spot-fixing in London on Monday. But, heading into the start of the appeal hearing, doubt remained over whether Mervyn Westfield would give evidence against his former Essex team-mate. Leg-spinner Kaneria was given a life ban by [...] The post Pakistan’s Kaneria bids to overturn life ban appeared first on Cricket News. KARACHI – Salman Butt, who on Wednesday lost his appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport against a spot-fixing ban, was once touted as a prospect to lead Pakistan for years to come. The stylish opener was handed the captaincy after Shahid Afridi quit following a one-sided defeat against Australia at Lords in July [...] The post Salman Butt – a fall from grace appeared first on Cricket News. Johannesburg, Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria is hoping to revive his international career by appealing against his life ban before a disciplinary committee of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Kaneria, who was banned by the ECB last year for pressuring former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield into spot-fixing in an English county one-day game [...] The post ‘Banned’ Kaneria hopes to revive career by appealing before ECB committee appeared first on Cricket News. KARACHI : Pakistani leg-spinner Danish Kaneria said Tuesday he was hopeful of winning his appeal against a life ban imposed by the English board last year for spot-fixing. The 32-year-old was banned after an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) panel found him guilty of getting former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield to concede a certain [...] The post Kaneria optimistic in winning ban appeal appeared first on Cricket News. LAHORE, Pakistan – Pakistan cricket authorities on Saturday banned two umpires, including one international, after finding them guilty of being willing to spot-fix in return for money. Nadeem Ghauri, who stood in five Tests, 43 one-day and four Twenty20 internationals was suspended for four years while domestic first-class umpire Anis Siddiqui received a three year [...] The post Pakistan bans two umpires over spot-fixing appeared first on Cricket News. Islamabad,: Shamed Pakistani leg-spinner Danish Kaneria is looking for compensation from the English and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for delaying his appeal against the life-ban imposed on him last year. The 32-year-old”s appeal against the ban was adjourned until April 22 after Kaneria”s accuser, former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield reportedly refused to appear in the [...] The post ”Disgraced” Kaneria to seek damages from ECB for delaying appeal against life ban appeared first on Cricket News. KARACHI - Disgraced Pakistani leg-spinner Danish Kaneria will seek compensation from English cricket authorities for delaying his appeal against a life ban imposed for spot-fixing last year, his lawyer said Thursday. The 32-year-old’s appeal against the ban was adjourned until April 22 after Kaneria’s accuser, former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield reportedly refused to appear in [...] The post Banned Kaneria to seek ECB compensation appeared first on Cricket News.
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