Mervyn Westfield has accepted an apology from Danish Kaneria for the spot-fixing scandal which ended his cricket career.
Westfield was imprisoned for accepting £6,000 from an illegal bookmaker for an offence in a game with Durham in 2009 and was later banned from professional cricket for five years by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
It was Kaneria who introduced his Essex team-mate Westfield to the bookmaker.
In an Al Jazeera investigative unit interview, seen by The Daily Mail, the Pakistan spin bowler apologises to Westfield.
Westfield told The Daily Mail: "This whole chapter of spot-fixing changed my life, but I have never blamed anyone for the terrible mistake I made.
"However, opening up about my wrongdoing and telling the truth allowed me to move on.
"I hope that Danish finds peace and closure by doing this, and I wish him all the best for the future."
Kaneria is banned for life for his role in cricket corruption.
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