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Chris Cairns
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Chris Cairns flew out to London yesterday where he will be interviewed by the Metropolitan Police over allegations of match-fixing. The Herald must have missed him at the airport, because we doubt this is his mode of transport:
The recent leaking of the testimonies of Lou Vincent, Brendon McCullum and Elly Riley has clearly expedited this investigation. And the Herald has some questions which need answers:
Once Cairns has negotiated his way through Heathrow Airport this afternoon (NZ time), he will get the opportunity to address several issues that have puzzled, confused and intrigued cricket fans, most notably:
1. What motive could Brendon McCullum have inventing fictitious testimony against Cairns?
2. What does Cairns know about the contents of a recording between Lou Vincent and Cairns' friend and former legal adviser Andrew Fitch-Holland discussing match-fixing by Cairns' Indian Cricket League team the Chandigarh Lions. The exact details of the recording, taken before Cairns' successful 2012 defamation case against former Indian Premier League impresario Lalit Modi, are unknown.
3. Who or where are the "dark forces at play" which Cairns referred to in an earlier statement?
4. How does he explain the testimony from Vincent's ex-wife Elly Riley?
Interesting times await as this situation escalates. We have just one more question; does Chris Cairns have an open-ended return ticket?
