Danish Kaneria

Danish Kaneria

Kaneria in 2005
Personal information
Full name	Danish Prabhashankarbhai Kaneria
Born	(1980-12-16) 16 December 1980 (age 43) Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Nickname	Nani-Danny[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [2]
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm leg break
Relations	Anil Dalpat (cousin)
International information
National side	Pakistan (2000–2010)
Test debut (cap 163)	29 November 2000 v England
Last Test	31 July 2010 v England
ODI debut (cap 140)	31 October 2001 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	21 March 2007 v Zimbabwe
ODI shirt no.	99
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1998	National Shipping Corporation
1999–2002	Karachi Whites
1999	Pakistan Reserves cricket team
1999–2012	Habib Bank Limited
2004	Karachi
2004–2010	Essex
2004	Karachi Blues
2005–2010	Karachi Zebras
2007	Karachi Harbour
2008	Sindh
2008	Baluchistan Bears
2010	Sindh Dolphins
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 61 18 206 167 Runs scored 360 12 1,911 379 Batting average 7.05 6.00 10.67 9.24 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/1 0/1 Top score 29 6* 65 64 Balls bowled 17,697 854 53,837 8,280 Wickets 261 15 1,023 262 Bowling average 34.79 45.53 26.18 22.69 5 wickets in innings 15 0 71 8 10 wickets in match 2 0 12 0 Best bowling 7/77 3/31 8/59 7/39 Catches/stumpings 18/– 2/– 71/– 33/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 February 2014

Danish Parabha Shankar Kaneria (Urdu: دانش پربھا شنکر کنیریا; Urdu pronunciation: [d̪ɑːn̪ɪʃ kəneːɾɪjɑː] ^ⓘ), (born 16 December 1980) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 2000 and 2010.^[3] A right-arm leg spinner who could bowl a googly, Kaneria played 61 Test matches for Pakistan and took 261 wickets at an average of 34.79.^[4] He was the second Hindu, after his cousin Anil Dalpat, and the seventh non-Muslim overall to represent Pakistan in international cricket.^[5][6]

After allegations of being involved in spot fixing, Kaneria was given a lifetime ban by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), preventing him from playing in matches under their jurisdiction. He subsequently filed an appeal against the ban,^[7] but this was rejected in July 2013.^[8] In 2015, ECB made an effort to recover £250,000 from him with the help of Pakistani authorities.^[9]

Kaneria also represented the team in 18 ODIs taking 15 wickets with an average of over 45. In Test cricket, Kaneria's best bowling performance in an innings was seven wickets for 77 runs whereas his best performance in a match was 12 wickets for 94 runs, both against Bangladesh. He also took 15 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket, and achieved six and seven wickets in an innings on three and four occasions respectively. He took ten wickets or more in a match on two occasions, once against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka each. Kaneria never played Twenty20 International matches (T20I) for Pakistan. He played 206 first-class matches, 167 List A (LA) and 65 Twenty20 matches during his career. Kaneria also played in English county cricket during 2004 and 2010 representing Essex County Cricket Club.

In October 2018, Kaneria admitted to having met with a match fixer named Anu Bhatt but Kaneria did not know he was meeting with a fixer. He also mentioned that a lot of his teammates knew the alleged fixer (Anu Bhatt).^[10]