Cairns to be charged with perjury
Former Black Caps great Chris Cairns has confirmed he will be charged by the Metropolitan Police for perjury.
The charges stem from a libel case he won against former IPL supremo Lalit Modi back in 2012.
In a statement Cairns said he is looking forward to clearing his name.
"I can confirm that I have now been notified by the Crown Prosecution Service in the UK that it is their intention to lay charges against me on 25 September for perjury.
"I'm obviously extremely disappointed, however, at least there will now be an opportunity to face my accusers in an open forum, with some rigour and proper process around that, so that I can clear my name once and for all."
Modi tweeted in January 2010 that the reason Cairns had been expelled from the now-defunct Indian Cricket League was because of match-fixing.
Cairns left the ICL's Chandigarh Lions in 2008, with the official reason given as an undeclared injury.
He then took Modi to court over the tweet, in a case the former Black Cap won in a British courtroom.
However, since then Cairns was implicated in further allegations of match fixing along with former NZ teammates Daryl Tuffey and Lou Vincent.
Vincent has since admitted to fixing domestic cricket matches, and received 11 life bans from the England and Wales Cricket Board.
Cairns' friend, lawyer Andrew Fitch-Holland - who gave evidence on his behalf at the 2012 trial - was also arrested and bailed in March under suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
Cairns has denied any wrongdoing and described match-fixing allegations against him as "despicable lies".
"I hope that, through this forum, significant additional information will be flushed out that will help people to better assess the situation, as well as the character and motives of the parties involved," he said.
"I will continue to co-operate fully with the authorities, including voluntarily travelling to the UK to face these changes."
New Zealand Cricket issued a brief statement acknowledging the British police decision to lay perjury charges.
"These charges, quite different from proceedings conducted by cricket authorities into match-fixing and corruption, will now be tested in a British court of law and be subject to the normal processes of a criminal trial.
"Accordingly, NZC will not make any comment on the matter until such time all proceedings have been concluded."
