Wellington, New Zealand: Former test all-rounder Chris Cairns has sent a defiant message to the International Cricket Council, challenging its anti-corruption investigators to approach him directly if his name has been linked to match-fixing.
Cairns was named in media reports this week as one of three former New Zealand players at the center of an investigation into match and spot-fixing being conducted by the ICC anti-corruption and security unit.
The Star-Times newspaper published on its front page on Sunday an article written by Cairns in which he describes allegations he has been involved in fixing as "sickening" and says his new career as a media commentator was "potentially in ruins."
