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Mervyn Westfield, the first county cricketer in England to be prosecuted for spot-fixing, was sentenced to four months in prison at the Old Bailey on Friday.
Former Essex player Westfield, 23, was jailed for one count of accepting or obtaining a corrupt payment to bowl in a way that would allow the scoring of runs.
He will serve half the term in prison and a confiscation order was made for £6,000.
He was paid £6,000 to bowl so that a specific number of runs would be chalked up in the first over of a match between Durham and Essex in September 2009.
It was claimed that Westfield was "targeted" by former Essex team mate and Pakistan international Danish Kaneria, who set up the deal.
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Bravo ,bravo. This guy gets a four month jail term, but Salman Butt gets 2 odd years, as well as Asif, and get hefty bans and all.
The reason?
Former Essex player Westfield, 23, was jailed for one count of accepting or obtaining a corrupt payment to bowl in a way that would allow the scoring of runs.
He will serve half the term in prison and a confiscation order was made for £6,000.
He was paid £6,000 to bowl so that a specific number of runs would be chalked up in the first over of a match between Durham and Essex in September 2009.
It was claimed that Westfield was "targeted" by former Essex team mate and Pakistan international Danish Kaneria, who set up the deal.
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Bravo ,bravo. This guy gets a four month jail term, but Salman Butt gets 2 odd years, as well as Asif, and get hefty bans and all.
The reason?