Mervyn Westfield Is A ****

[Cabinet96]

Maybe Westfield was **** because he was deliberately bowling badly

 

[Furball]

Yeah, should be a longer ban than the three Pakistan bowlers given this was matchfixing as opposed to spotfixing

That being said, I felt spotfixing should carry a life ban as well, but regardless of that there is no need for them to be consistent as it is not the same offence.

All 4 players should be serving life bans.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Send the **** to jail.

 

[GIMH]

All 4 players should be serving life bans.

I agree

 

[Jacknife]

All 4 players should be serving life bans.

Totally agree.

 

[_Ed_]

I'm bored and have nothing better to do, so let's play Fix or No Fix!

Durham v Essex at Chester-le-Street, Sep 5, 2009 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Thoughts?

Cook and Foster ****ed it up for them if they were hoping to influence the outcome of the whole game.

 

[Jarquis]

I remember that game, Borthwick to Foster was just great fun.

 

[fredfertang]

I'm bored and have nothing better to do, so let's play Fix or No Fix!

Bradman, the Oval 1948 - Yardley was a proper English gent - bound to have instructed Eric Hollies to give him four off the mark

 

[Nate]

He should be forced to bowl for the Sydney Thunder.

 

[uvelocity]

he should be forced to bowl to the sydney thunder

only way they will get runs tbf

 

[kiwiviktor81]

Maybe I'm a bit one-eyed on this issue, but I can't see why this incident should result in jail time or anything less than a life ban. Cricket should be able to sort its own dirty laundry without bringing the justice system in, and it needs to protect itself from suspicion in the future. Why let a match/spot-fixer back into the game ever?

 

[Prince EWS]

Looking at his stats, it probably wasn't hard for him to bowl crap.

Maybe he did it every time.

Does seem odd for someone who's career would be on such a knife-edge whenever he played to do something like this though. Must've been paid a fair amount or he could've, in theory anyway, earned that amount of money by performing and keeping his pro cricket career alive.

 

[Sylvester]

Not good for the Westfield brand having this rubbish associated with their namesake.

 

[marc71178]

Maybe I'm a bit one-eyed on this issue, but I can't see why this incident should result in jail time or anything less than a life ban. Cricket should be able to sort its own dirty laundry without bringing the justice system in, and it needs to protect itself from suspicion in the future. Why let a match/spot-fixer back into the game ever?

The 2 punishments are separate though, he's clearly committed an offence under English law so needs to be punished accordingly. Bit like assault on a football field, should someone be allowed to get away with that just because the FA bans the player (Duncan Ferguson for example)

Should definitely be a life ban, as the 3 Pakistanis should've been.

 

[ajdude]

the ****'s going to be sentenced soon, just saying

 

[Spikey]

has to shave his facial hair

 

[Spikey]

Richard DJ Edwards @Cricketer_RDJ

Westfield said it was for a spot fix and said it was set up by their Essex teammate DANISH KANERIA


BOOM

 

[Spikey]

mods change thread title to Westfield and DANISH KANERIA are ****s plz


Richard DJ Edwards @Cricketer_RDJ
Westfield claimed in police interview he was approached by Indian or Pakistani man, but he turned down his request to spot fix

Richard DJ Edwards @Cricketer_RDJ
In police interview, Westfield denied accepting money and said no approach came from Danish Kaneria. But he said he was approached to fix

Richard DJ Edwards @Cricketer_RDJ
Kaneria said he had a 'friend' who would pay him to concede 12 runs in an over. Westfield received £6,000

 

[Spikey]

Richard DJ Edwards @Cricketer_RDJ

BREAKING Court hears that ICC warned Danish Kaneria in 2008 over his connections with a suspicious bookmaker called Arun Bhatia

oh sh-

 

[Howe_zat]

Richard DJ Edwards @Cricketer_RDJ
Kaneria said he had a 'friend' who would pay him to concede 12 runs in an over. Westfield received £6,000

Must have been a stingy spread bet

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