Mervyn Westfield

Type: Person

Name: Mervyn Westfield

First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Westfield and Majeed must wait

A sports agent and a cricketer jailed over spot-fixing face a wait to find out if appeal judges think their convictions are unsafe.Mazhar Majeed and former Essex player, Mervyn Westfield - the first county cricketer in England to be prosecuted for spot-fixing ... [ Published May 25 2012 by ESPN Star ]

Entities: Mervyn Westfield, Cricket, Salman Butt, Conviction, Court of Appeal

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 3 Documents

ICC start spot-fixing investigation into Kenya player's actions against Pakistan

The International Cricket Council have opened an investigation into alleged spot-fixing by a Kenya player at last year's World Cup.Kenya's pool match against Pakistan in Hambantota is under suspicion.They bowled 37 wides during the match - equalling the ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Mail Online UK ]

Entities: Kenya, Pakistan, Mervyn Westfield

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 6 Documents

Cricket

Mazhar Majeed and Mervyn Westfield face anxious wait over spot-fixing appeal

A sports agent and a cricketer jailed over spot-fixing face a wait to find out if appeal judges think their convictions are unsafe.Mazhar Majeed and former Essex player Mervyn Westfield - the first county cricketer in England to be prosecuted for spot-fixing ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail Online UK ]

Entities: Mervyn Westfield, Mazhar Majeed, Cricket, Salman Butt

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 9 Documents

Cricketer appeals prison sentence

INTENTIONALLY CONCEDING RUNS: WestfieldENGLAND’S FIRST county cricketer to be jailed for spot-fixing has launched an appeal against his conviction today (May 24).Ex-Essex player Mervyn Westfield was sentenced to four months in prison at the Old Bailey ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Voice Online ]

Entities: Mervyn Westfield, prison, Court of Appeal, Conviction

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 4 Documents

APPEAL BY SPOT-FIX CRICKETER

The first county cricketer in England to be prosecuted for spot-fixing launches a challenge against his conviction on Thursday.Former Essex player Mervyn Westfield was sentenced to four months in prison at the Old Bailey in February.Westfield, 23, from ... [ Published May 24 2012 by AOL UK ]

Entities: Mervyn Westfield, Lord Chief Justice, prison, Court of Appeal

First Reported May 13 2012 - Updated May 13 2012 - 1 Documents

ECB Disciplinary Hearing Postponed For A Month

Mervin Westfield - first English cricketer to be jailedThe disciplinary hearing into allegations of spot-fixing against former Essex duo Mervyn Westfield and Danish Kaneria has been delayed.The England and Wales Cricket Board revealed on Friday that the ... [ Published May 13 2012 by Sri Lanka Sunday Leader ]

Entities: Mervyn Westfield, Danish Kaneria, Cricket, Mark Pettini, Varun Chopra

First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 12 2012 - 6 Documents

Danish Kaneria

Westfield and Kaneria Discipline Panel Hearing

ECB today announced an adjournment to the Disciplinary Panel hearing at which charges will be heard relating to alleged breaches of ECB’s anti-corruption directives by Mervyn Westfield and Danish Kaneria.The hearing, which was previously scheduled for ... [ Published May 12 2012 by SportFocus ]

Entities: Danish Kaneria, Mervyn Westfield, Anti-Corruption, Cricket

First Reported May 05 2012 - Updated May 06 2012 - 4 Documents

ECB clearance not enough for Kaneria's return to Pak team: PCB

Karachi, May 6 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that even if leg-spinner Danish Kaneria is cleared of spot-fixing charges by the disciplinary committee of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), he will still have to get clearance from ... [ Published May 06 2012 by Yahoo! Malaysia ]

Entities: Danish Kaneria, Mervyn Westfield, Pakistan Cricket Board, Crown Court, Karachi

First Reported May 04 2012 - Updated May 05 2012 - 2 Documents

May wants amnesty widened

Players chief Tim May feels it would be beneficial for all cricket nations to offer an amnesty for information regarding match-fixing.The England and Wales Cricket Board took the decision to offer its players a three-month amnesty in January in the wake ... [ Published May 05 2012 by Clubcall ]

Entities: Tim May, Cricket, Mervyn Westfield, Corruption, England

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 03 2012 - 2 Documents

Kaneria says no to PCB hearing

LAHORE: Danish Kaneria, the Pakistan leg-spinner, has refused to attend a meeting requested by the Pakistan Cricket Board’s integrity committee over charges in the UK against him relating to fixing. His legal team has instead cited its desire to focus ... [ Published May 03 2012 by The News International ]

Entities: Danish Kaneria, Pakistan, Farogh Naseem

First Reported May 01 2012 - Updated May 01 2012 - 3 Documents

Kaneria to plead innocence over spot-fixing charges

Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria will protest his innocence when he appears before an England [ Images ] and (ECB) disciplinary hearing investigating corruption charges this month, his brother Vicky said on Tuesday."Our lawyers have sent the ... [ Published May 01 2012 by rediff.com ]

Entities: Danish Kaneria, Mervyn Westfield, Pakistan, Corruption, Deadline

First Reported Apr 29 2012 - Updated Apr 30 2012 - 3 Documents

Anti-corruption drive continues as ECB amnesty ends

The Professional Cricketers' Association and ECB will continue to insist that all players, including short term overseas signings, undergo anti-corrupotion education - even though the three-month amnesty to report match-fixing has produced "nothing of ... [ Published Apr 30 2012 by CricInfo ]

Entities: Mervyn Westfield, Anti-Corruption, Corruption, Danish Kaneria

Quotes

When passing sentence, Judge Anthony Morris told Westfield: "the criminality here is that, for financial gain, you betrayed the trust placed in you to play honestly and to the best of your ability."

Cricketer appeals prison sentence [Voice Online - May 24 2012]

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Westfield and Majeed must wait [ Published May 25 2012 by ESPN Star ]
Mazhar Majeed and Mervyn Westfield face anxious... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail Online UK ]
Jailed Majeed and Westfield face anxious wait o... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail Online UK ]
WESTFIELD AND MAJEED MUST WAIT [ Published May 24 2012 by AOL UK ]
WESTFIELD AND MAJEED MUST WAIT [ Published May 24 2012 by Sporting Life ]
Appeals in cricket spot-bet cases [ Published May 24 2012 by BBC ]
ICC start spot-fixing investigation into Kenya ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Mail Online UK ]
Cricketer appeals prison sentence [ Published May 24 2012 by Voice Online ]
ICC opens investigation into alleged spot-fixin... [ Published May 24 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
KENYA CONFIRM ICC INVESTIGATION [ Published May 24 2012 by AOL UK ]
Essex: Cricketer Appeals Conviction [ Published May 24 2012 by Heart Radio ]
Former Essex bowler Westfield to challenge pris... [ Published May 24 2012 by Mail Online UK ]
Mervyn Westfield to challenge conviction [ Published May 24 2012 by Mail Online UK ]
APPEAL BY SPOT-FIX CRICKETER [ Published May 24 2012 by AOL UK ]
Former England and Essex cricket star Mervyn We... [ Published May 24 2012 by London Evening Standard ]
National Sport: Westfield appeals spot-fix conv... [ Published May 24 2012 by Ormskirk and Skelmersdale Advertiser ]
World & UK Sport: Westfield appeals spot-fix co... [ Published May 24 2012 by Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle ]
National Sport: Westfield appeals spot-fix conv... [ Published May 24 2012 by Chester Chronicle ]
Latest Sports News: Westfield appeals spot-fix ... [ Published May 24 2012 by The Journal ]
Westfield appeals spot-fix conviction [ Published May 24 2012 by TalkTalk ]
APPEAL BY SPOT-FIX CRICKETER [ Published May 24 2012 by Sporting Life ]
Westfield launches appeal [ Published May 24 2012 by Sky Sports ]
(ALSO RUNNING ON OUR NEWS WIRE) [ Published May 24 2012 by AOL UK ]
Cricket: Cricket: Five Indians suspended amid m... [ Published May 16 2012 by Wales Online ]
Dirty pictures queer the pitch [ Published May 16 2012 by Deccan Herald ]
Five IPL stars suspended [ Published May 15 2012 by Orange UK ]
Grounds for optimism as the ex-banker applies a... [ Published May 15 2012 by London Evening Standard ]
ECB Disciplinary Hearing Postponed For A Month [ Published May 13 2012 by Sri Lanka Sunday Leader ]
Westfield and Kaneria Discipline Panel Hearing [ Published May 12 2012 by SportFocus ]
ECB Postpones Kaneria, Westfield Hearing [ Published May 11 2012 by Cricket World ]

Blogs

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Focus On Kaneria After Westfield Sentencing [ Published Feb 18 2012 by SBNation.com - All Posts ] After the announcement of a jail sentence for the former Essex cricketer, Mervyn Westfield, the spotlight has again turned on to a Pakistani cricketer for his alleged role in spot-fixing. Danish Kaneria, a Pakistan leg-spinner, has been named as ...
The Final Over of the week in World Cricket – 1... [ Published Jan 15 2012 by 99.94 ] Ball One – In the aftermath of Mervyn Westfield pleading guilty to charges of spot-fixing in English county cricket, I am indebted to GM for drawing my attention to an extraordinary quote. ”What we are aware of is the very, very strong culture within ...