Danish Kaneria: ICC nations agree in principle to ban for corruption

International cricket-playing nations have agreed in principle
to enforce the England and Wales Cricket Board's life ban
for Danish Kaneria for corruption.

The Pakistan spinner was banned by the ECB after encouraging former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield to spot-fix.
The International Cricket Council's board said domestic bodies "should recognise and respect the sanctions".
Westfield was jailed for four months in February for deliberately bowling badly in a CB40 game against Durham in 2009.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) had recommended that Kaneria's ban imposed by the ECB should be implemented worldwide and at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur cricket chiefs agreed in principle on Wednesday.
It said domestic bodies "should recognise and respect the sanctions... including by enforcing and giving effect to them within their own jurisdictions to the fullest extent permitted by law".
During Westfield's trial, Judge Anthony Morris said the scam had been orchestrated by Kaneria, who spent six seasons at Essex from 2004.
But Kaneria, who played 61 Tests and 18 one-day internationals between 2000 and 2010, was never charged by the police on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
Both players were charged by the ECB in April for "alleged breaches of the ECB's anti-corruption directives".