Former Essex player Mervyn Westfield had admitted receiving #6,000 ($9,200) to bowl badly so that 12 runs would be scored in the first over of a 40-over match between Durham and Essex in September 2009. (AFP)
Friday 17 February 2012
English cricketer jailed over spot-fixing scam
LONDON: An English cricketer who claimed to have been lured into a spot-fixing scandal by Pakistan international Danish Kaneria was on Friday jailed for four months.
Former Essex player Mervyn Westfield had admitted receiving #6,000 ($9,200) to bowl badly so that 12 runs would be scored in the first over of a 40-over match between Durham and Essex in September 2009. (AFP)
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