Pakistan Cricket Board want clearence cerficate from Danish kaneria.

The PCB has asked
Danish Kaneria to
produce a 'clearance
certificate' from Essex
if the legspinner is to be
cleared by the board's
integrity committee
and allowed to resume
his international career.
Matters between
Kaneria and the board's
integrity committee
had come to a deadlock
in recent days; the
integrity committee
wanted a transcript of
the police interview
Kaneria gave during
investigations into
spot-fixing in a limited-
overs county game.
Kaneria was arrested
before being released
on bail and eventually
discharged as police
didn't file charges.
Another player, Mervyn
Westfield, is due to face
a trial and should the
judge deem it
necessary, Kaneria can
still be called to court
as part of the case.
Kaneria and his lawyers
insisted that the police
transcripts were not
available as the player's
involvement in the case
was over.
"We had asked for
police transcripts but
were told by Kaneria's
lawyers that they
weren't available,"
Tafazzul Rizvi, the PCB's
legal advisor, told
ESPNcricinfo. "We need
something to judge
what is happening there
and what happened in
the case, however, so
we've now asked for a
clearance certificate
from Essex who were
his employers in the UK
at the time, in a case
which took place in the
UK."
When asked what
content such a
certificate should
include, Rizvi said, "We
just want an idea of
what Essex say about
him and the case. They
were his employers at
the time. Will they
consider him now?"
Kaneria played for
Essex for four seasons
and picked up over 300
first-class wickets, but
his contract was not
renewed after last
year.
"This is an integrity
issue for us," Rizvi said.
"The committee is not
just made up of board
members or
cricketers, it has an ex-
judge of the Supreme
Court on it and in their
opinion, Kaneria had not
satisfied them so he
has not been cleared.
We can't take a risk so
we have asked for this
clearance now."
Kaneria was unavailable
for comment, though
he did confirm that he
had received the
communication from
the PCB. He hasn't
played a Test for
Pakistan since last
summer, even though
he is the country's
leading wicket-taking
spinner. The issue came
to a head last October,
when he was prevented
from travelling to the
UAE to take part in the
Test series against
South Africa at the last
minute by the PCB. He
had initially been picked
for the series.