Australian bowler Peter Siddle has signed with English county Essex for the summer Twenty-20 campaign, subject to clearance from Cricket Australia, the club said on Monday.
Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria on Saturday maintained his innocence in the spot-fixing case which ended in his Essex county team-mate Mervyn Westfield being jailed for four months.
Under the cloud of spot-fixing controversy, Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has vowed to do everything in his control to get his name cleared in the scandal, which has led to the jail sentence of county bowler Mervyn Westfield.
A former Essex bowler became the first English cricketer to be jailed for corruption on Friday for his role in a spot-fixing scam that has implicated Pakistan international Danish Kaneria.
An English county cricketer pleaded guilty on Thursday to a corruption charge linked to his bowling in a 40-over one-day game.
The Sindh High Court on Thursday asked the Pakistan Cricket Board to file a reply to sacked skipper Shahid Afridi's petition, seeking grant of an NOC to play for English County side Hampshire.
South Africa bowler Wayne Parnell has agreed to join English county Sussex for the second half of next season. Parnell will take over from Pakistan paceman Rana Naved-ul-Hasan as the county’s overseas player from June, pending approval from Cricket South Africa.