Tony Palladino reveals more county betting scam details to ECB as Mervyn Westfield awaits spot-fixing sentence The ECB, in conjunction with the Professional Cricketers" Association, established the three-month amnesty to allow players and officials to come forward with evidence of approaches from suspected fixers in the past. Failure to report suspicious activity is an offence under ECB rules but the governing body wanted to offer the chance for players to come forward without fear of prosecution in order to help understand the depth of the problem. "I don't know if there has been any reporting of approaches and I don't want to know as the idea behind it was confidentiality and anonymity," said Angus Porter, chief executive of the PCA. It was established to understand if there was an underlying issue or level of approaches that happened in the past that we did not know about. If nobody comes forward at least they can't say they didn't have the opportunity to do so. Westfield, 23, was warned by Judge Anthony Morris he faced jail when he pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey on Jan 17. The offence carries a maximum jail term of seven years but Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, the three Pakistani cricketers convicted of the same crime last year, received sentences ranging from 30 months to six months. The prosecution case against Westfield was not heard during his trial due to his guilty plea but it will be laid out in court on Friday. Essex police have not established who paid Westfield but at his trial the judge threatened to reveal the identity of the senior player who corrupted him. "The alleged corrupter is a man who is known to me and many people interested in cricket," Judge Morris said. Westfield was arrested in May 2010 along with his team-mate Danish Kaneria, who was later released without charge. The case began when Palladino reported Westfield to the club after he showed him money he claimed to have received for spot-fixing. The court heard Westfield agreed to concede 12 runs in his first over of the match at Chester-le-Street. In fact he conceded only 10 including a wide, although his seven overs in the match eventually cost 60 runs. England's one-day leg to their Middle East tour begins on Friday when they play the England Lions in Abu Dhabi, a match that will see a fresh start for Kevin Pietersen. He will form a new opening partnership with Alastair Cook as part of England's latest attempt to reignite his form in one-day cricket. The decision relegates Craig Kieswetter to the middle order after 24 matches opening the batting.