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EARLY LIFE
EARLY LIFE
- Kaneria was born in Karachi, Sindh, on 16 December 1980 to Prabhashankarbhai Laljibhai Kaneria and Babitaben.
- Kaneria is a Hindu and is of Gujarati ethnicity.His ancestors migrated from Surat and settled in Karachi over a century ago.
- After former test wicket-keeper Anil Dalpat, who is his cousin, Kaneria is the second Hindu to have played for Pakistan.
- He was educated at the St. Patrick’s High School, Karachi.
CAREER
- He started his first-class career when he played a match for National Shipping Corporation against HBL in 1998–99. He conceded 86 runs and took two wickets in the match.
- Kaneria played 206 first-class matches during 1998–99 and 2011–12, and took 1,024 wickets at the average of 26.16. Kaneria took 71 five-wicket hauls during his first-class career. He also took ten or more wickets in a match on 12 occasions.
CAREER
- Kaneria made his international debut as a leg-spinner in November 2000 at the age of 19, playing in a Test match against England at Faisalabad.
- In the next year, he took six wickets in an innings twice against Bangladesh during the first match of 2001–02 Asian Test Championship. Kaneria took 12 wickets for 94 runs, Pakistan won the match, and his performance earned him the man of the match award.
- The following year, during the Pakistan tour Bangladesh, Kaneria achieved his career-best performance in an innings against the same team taking seven wickets for 77.
CAREER
- In October 2003–04, he was part of the Pakistan team during the South Africa tour of Pakistan. In October 2004, he took ten wickets against Sri Lanka with a second-innings haul of seven wickets for 118, setting up Pakistan’s six-wicket win.
- In January 2005, Kaneria took eight wickets in a math against Australia conceding 204 runs including seven wickets for 188 runs in the first Australian innings.
- In 2006 and 2007, Kaneria played 20 Test matches for Pakistan taking 77 wickets including a five-wicket haul against West Indies at Multan in November 2006. He did not play international cricket in 2008.
CAREER
- During the last years of his Test career, Kaneria played an important role in Pakistan’s Test wins over West Indies, England and India.
- He played his last Test match against England at the Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Kaneria’s Test career lasted almost ten years; he played 61 matches during his career taking 261 wickets at the average of 34.79.
- He took 15 five-wicket hauls and four four-wicket hauls. Kaneria took seven and six wickets in an innings on four and three occasions respectively. He achieved ten wickets in a Test match two time.
SPOT FIXING
- Kaneria played English County Championship between 2004 and 2010 representing the Essex. He impressed in county cricket, taking 32 wickets in seven championship matches for Essex in 2005.
- In May 2010, he was arrested in connection with “match irregularities” in the 2009 domestic season. The investigations are believed to focus on a NatWest Pro40 match in September 2009, which Essex won.
- Now in June 2012, he found guilty of offences by an ECB disciplinary panel. As a consequence, Kaneria has been banned for life from playing cricket in England and Wales.
SPOT FIXING
- Kaneria appealed against the lifetime ban on him by the ECB for his involvement in a spot-fixing scandal. The appeal against English Cricket Board’s decision was denied in July 2013 for the second time.
- In October 2018, after years of denying his guilt, Kaneria admitted to his involvement in the 2009 spot-fixing scandal.