Former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns speaks to members of the media outside Southwark Crown Court in London, Britain November 30, 2015. REUTERS/Philip Brown
LONDON (Reuters) - Former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns was cleared by a London court on Monday of claims he had lied in a libel case three years ago when he said he had never been involved in cheating.
Cairns, 45, had been accused of falsely claiming he had never cheated at cricket during a libel action he brought against Lalit Modi, the former boss of the Indian Premier League over comments Modi had made on Twitter in 2010.
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