New Zealand's most talented all-rounder whose legacy was destroyed by match-fixing allegations and a perjury trial.
6 incidents documented
Various
30 November 2015
New Zealand cricket legend Chris Cairns faced a perjury trial in London after being accused of lying about his involvement in match fixing during a previous defamation case.
Various T20 leagues
24 July 2014
Former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent confessed to involvement in match fixing across multiple T20 leagues worldwide, implicating fellow New Zealander Chris Cairns.
IPL / BCCI
26 April 2010
IPL founder Lalit Modi was suspended by the BCCI and later fled to London amid allegations of financial irregularities, tax evasion, and rigging the bidding process for IPL teams.
New Zealand / ICL
1 October 2008
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum reported that teammate Chris Cairns had approached him about match fixing during the Indian Cricket League in 2008.
ICL (Zee) vs IPL (BCCI)
30 November 2007
The Indian Cricket League, backed by Zee TV's Subhash Chandra, was crushed by the BCCI's retaliatory creation of the IPL, with ICL players banned from all official cricket in a brutal display of institutional power.
Pakistan vs New Zealand
1999-06-16
On June 16, 1999, Saeed Anwar carried his bat through Pakistan's innings, scoring 113 not out off 148 balls to set up a nine-wicket win over New Zealand at Old Trafford and put Pakistan into the World Cup final. It was his second hundred in successive World Cup matches, after 103 against Zimbabwe four days earlier — a feat previously achieved only by Mark Waugh in 1996.