Adams: Cairns told me ICL would not be able to prove anything

"I cannot remember the exact words but it was something like 'how will they ever prove it?'"

“I cannot remember the exact words but it was something like ‘how will they ever prove it?'”

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Former New Zealand pace bowler Andre Adams has told Southwark Crown Court that Chris Cairns tried to coax him into joining his match-fixing operation as the latter was confident that the Indian Cricket League (ICL) would not be able to prove anything.

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Flower was a man of ‘superb integrity’, says David Collier

"Andy is an intensely passionate man, he has the most superb integrity"

“Andy is an intensely passionate man, he has the most superb integrity”

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Former England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive David Collier has defended ex-head coach Andy Flower as a man of “superb integrity” after Kevin Pietersen claimed that he ruled by fear in his autobiography.

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Ponting wants corruption to be tackled hard and fast

"We've all been aware of a certain amount of corruption in the game for a long time now and there's always just been a bit of smoke, there hasn't been much fire around it"

“We’ve all been aware of a certain amount of corruption in the game for a long time now and there’s always just been a bit of smoke, there hasn’t been much fire around it”

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Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced that he wants the sport’s governing bodies to tackle corruption hard and fast in order for it to be expelled from the game once and for all.

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