LAHORE: Former captain and wicket-keeper Rashid Latif has provided some key documents and photographs to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in response to their legal notice served on him by the Board last week over his statement alleging that an Indian bookie Annu Bhatt had remained in Pakistan as official guest of the PCB during the home series against India and England in 2005 and 2006.

“In pursuance to the notice by the Pakistan Cricket Board, Rashid Latif met the PCB chief operating officer Subhan Ahmed and legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi today at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore,” a press release of the PCB stated here on Tuesday.

During the meeting Rashid submitted certain material pertaining to Danish Kaneria’s case which shall be reviewed in detail by the PCB and in case the need arises another meeting will be scheduled in the near future.

“The PCB and Rashid Latif have decided that no further comments will be made on the subject for the time being,” it concluded.

The meeting was planned after Rashid had offered to provide the related materials to the PCB in a private meeting. The PCB had initially rejected Rashid’s claims regarding Annu Bhatt.

Rashid had earlier said that he had reasons to believe that leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, who is fighting a spot-fixing case in an English court, is not really guilty of fixing and that the PCB should support him to contest the life ban imposed on the spinner by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

Sources said hopefully after reviewing the material given by Rashid, the PCB would review Kaneria’s case.

Kaneria lost his ECB disciplinary appeal against two corruption convictions although he could still have the length of his life ban reduced. He was found guilty last year of inducing his former Essex team-mate Mervyn Westfield to indulge in spot-fixing and was banned for bringing the game into disrepute.

Westfield, who was compelled to give evidence on behalf of the ECB, will also have an appeal against the length of his five-year ban assessed when the panel reconvenes.

Kaneria has continued to dispute his involvement in the ugly episode which saw Westfield getting jailed in February 2012 after pleading guilty to a charge of accepting or obtaining payments to indulge in fixing. He admitted to have conceded a set number of runs from an over in a 2009 match for Essex against Durham and named Kaneria, who is Pakistan’s most successful spinner in Tests, as the facilitator.