Essex County Club deny wrongdoing

04 April,2012 08:41 AM IST |   |  A Correspondent

English county Essex insisted yesterday they had taken the correct action in the case of corrupt former seamer Mervyn Westfield following court room accusations they had turned a blind eye.


In February, the 23-year-old Westfield became the first county cricketer in England to be prosecuted for spot-fixing and was jailed for four months. Westfield was convicted on one count of accepting or obtaining a corrupt payment to bowl in a way that would allow the scoring of runs.u00a0

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