Danish Kaneria
Pakistan
Personal information
Batting style	Right hand bat
Bowling style	Right arm leg break
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	43	17
Runs scored	205	6
Batting average	7.06	3.00
100s/50s	0/0	0/0
Top score	29	3*
Balls bowled	11959	830
Wickets	183	13
Bowling average	32.85	48.84
5 wickets in innings	12	-
10 wickets in match	2	n/a
Best bowling	7/77	3/31
Catches/stumpings	12/-	2/-
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Dinesh Parabha Shanker Kaneria (Urdu: دانش پرابھا شنکر کنیریا) (born 16 December 1980), or Dinesh Kineria, popularly known as Danish Kaneria is a Pakistani cricketer (leg spin bowler). He was born in Karachi. He made his international debut in 2000 against England at Faisalabad. Kaneria is very much in the tradition of Pakistan leg spin bowlers and possesses the variety of a fine googly and the flipper. Urdu ( , , trans. ... is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Animation of a leg break. ...   (Urdu: , Sindhi: ) is the largest city in Pakistan and is the provincial capital of Sindh province. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...   (Urdu: فیصل آباد) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. ...

A graph showing Kaneria's test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time.

In January 2002, he took 7 wickets for 77 runs in the Test match against Bangladesh in Bangladesh, which are his career best figures so far in Test cricket. Earlier, in the same season, he had taken 6 wickets in an innings twice against Bangladesh during Bangladesh's tour of Pakistan. In October 2004, he took 10 wickets against Sri Lanka at Karachi, with a second-innings haul of 7/109, setting up Pakistan's 6-wicket win. More recently he has played an important role in Pakistan's Test wins over West Indies, England and India. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 413 pixelsFull resolution (1175 × 606 pixel, file size: 16 KB, MIME type: image/png) A graph that shows Danish Kanerias test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 413 pixelsFull resolution (1175 × 606 pixel, file size: 16 KB, MIME type: image/png) A graph that shows Danish Kanerias test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time. ... 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for January, 2002. ... In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. ...   (Urdu: , Sindhi: ) is the largest city in Pakistan and is the provincial capital of Sindh province. ...

In one-day international cricket, he has been economical so far with an economy rate under 4.8 runs per over. His best bowling in ODIs came against New Zealand in Sri Lanka in 2003. He also had a good series against Zimbabwe in Sharjah just before that. He also impressed in English county cricket taking 32 wickets in seven championship matches for Essex in 2005. Although unable to play English county cricket in 2006 due to Pakistan's tour of England, it has been confirmed that Kaneria would return to play for Essex in 2007. One-day International (ODI) is a form of cricket, which is played over 50 overs per side between two national cricket teams. ... Cricket is a sport that generates a large number of statistics. ... Sharjah Central Souq - Shopping Mall The flag of Sharjah The Emirate of Sharjah (Arabic: الشارقة ash-shaariqah) is a small Country that extends along approximately 16 kilometres of the United Arab Emiratess Persian Gulf coastline and for more than 80 kilometres into the interior. ... The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ... Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. ... See also: Notable achievements in the 2005 English cricket season The 2005 English cricket season is one of the most eagerly anticipated in recent times. ... In the UK, County cricket is the domestic form of the sport of cricket that is considered to be first-class cricket. ... Essex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Essex. ...

Success in the one day arena has been more elusive, Pakistan usually opting to play the two spinning all-rounders Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik instead. While not particularly fluent with the bat, he does chip in with useful innings occasionally, frustrating opponents seeking to swiftly wrap Pakistan's innings. His fielding can be best described as unreliable or sometimes even comical. Image:Http://usa. ... Shoaib Malik (Urdu: شعیب ملک) (born 1 February 1982 in Sialkot) is captain of the Pakistani cricket team. ... Fielding can be: The role of a fielder in cricket. ...

Despite representing the Muslim-majority Country of Pakistan, Kaneria is a devout Hindu and is of Marwari heritage. He is only the second Hindu to play Test cricket for Pakistan (the first, his cousin Anil Dalpat, was briefly their wicketkeeper). This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ... Marwari may refer to: Marwari Site, Connecting Marwaris :TheMarwari. ... Anil Dalpat was the first Hindu ever to play Test cricket for Pakistan. ...

External links

• Player Profile: Danish Kaneria from Cricinfo
• Danish Kaneria Interview

v • d • e Pakistan squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup
	1 Inzamam-ul-Haq • 2 Younis Khan • 3 Azhar Mahmood • 4 Danish Kaneria • 5 Iftikhar Anjum • 6 Imran Nazir • 7 Kamran Akmal • 8 Mohammad Hafeez • 9 Mohammad Sami • 10 Mohammad Yousuf • 11 Rana Naved-ul-Hasan • 12 Shahid Afridi • 13 Shoaib Malik • 14 Umar Gul • 15 Yasir Arafat • Coach: Woolmer Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif and Abdul Razzaq were named in the original squad but injuries led to them being withdrawn. Mushtaq Ahmed acted as temporary coach for Pakistan's final group game following the death of Bob Woolmer.