matt_harris published Essex County Cricket Club NEWS: Mervyn Westfield free to play...

Banned former Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield has been cleared to return to playing First Class County second XI and Minor Counties cricket this season.But the Cricket Discipline Commission Panel has upheld his full five year ban from first team cricket at First Class levelThe decision follows an appeal by the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) on behalf of Westfield, who is currently serving a the ban from all First Class cricket for breaching the ECB's Anti-Corruption Directives while...