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Former Essex cricketer Mervyn Westfield charged over conspiracy claim

11:49am Thursday 16th September 2010 in Local News

Mervyn Westfield - charged over conspiracy claims Mervyn Westfield - charged over conspiracy claims

A FORMER Essex County cricketer was accused of fraud today over claims he deliberately played poorly. The Crown Prosecution Service said Mervyn Westfield had been charged with conspiracy to defraud.

Investigators allege he acted dishonestly during a match between Durham and Essex on September 5, 2009.

It is alleged he dishonestly agreed to bowl his first over in such a way as to allow a certain number of runs to be scored.

Antony Swift, of the CPS, said Westfield would appear at City of London Magistrates' Court next Thursday at 10am.

Comments(2)

soul man says...
5:57pm Thu 16 Sep 10

he cant be that good anyway, ive never heard of him, not likely to hear of him as a cricketer at least, maybe he's just a crap player, and essex were desperate. ive noticed my 2 word link, its poor- from, in this guys case it should be POOR-FORM haha

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Boris says...
3:56am Fri 17 Sep 10

Soul man, you are obviously not an Essex supporter, or you would have heard of him.
This is actually a sad story of a young man who started brightly (England Under 19 team) whose career as a professional cricketer is now probably over as a result of doing something very stupid.

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