Cairns travelling to London to be interviewed by police

"Chris Cairns is meeting with the Met police to conclude the interview he started and is also hoping to meet with the ICC anti-corruption unit"

“Chris Cairns is meeting with the Met police to conclude the interview he started and is also hoping to meet with the ICC anti-corruption unit”

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Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has travelled to London in order to be interviewed by police in relation to the ongoing match-fixing investigation.

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‘I’m obviously disappointed’ that my testimony to the ICC was leaked, says Brendon McCullum

"How the leak happened, I'm not sure but I have confidence in them"

“How the leak happened, I’m not sure but I have confidence in them”

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New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has admitted that he was “disappointed” when he found out that his testimony to the International Cricket Council (ICC) about match-fixing was leaked to the media.

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‘The ICC considers any leak of any kind of information to be an extremely serious matter’, says David Richardson

"He is to be commended for his actions and we deeply regret that aspects of his statement are now in the public domain"

“He is to be commended for his actions and we deeply regret that aspects of his statement are now in the public domain”

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International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson has announced that the global cricketing body will “urgently investigate” how New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum’s testimony against match-fixing got leaked to the press.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: ECB face risk of ‘very substantial damages’ after Mervyn Westfield refuses to appear at appeal hearing

Westfield’s non-compliance has been proved to be a real pain for the ECB

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are facing the risk of paying former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria “very substantial damages” after Mervyn Westfield, the main witness against him in the recent spot-fixing trial, continues to refuse to appear at an appeal hearing.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Hansie Cronje never offered me money to fix a game, admits Henry Williams

Williams admitted to lying about the testimony he gave during the trial in 2000

When the match-fixing case against the late South African captain Hansie Cronje first emerged, it took the cricketing world by storm and rocked the sport to its core, but more than a decade later, details about the events are still being revealed, as former Proteas bowler Henry Williams recently admitted that Cronje never offered him US$ 15,000 to concede more than 50 runs during the fifth ODI against India in Nagpur in 2000.

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