Former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns has been bailed by magistrates in London after being charged with perjury, Radio New Zealand reports.
The charge relates to a 2012 libel action in the High Court in London in which Cairns successfully sued the former head of the Indian Premier League, Lalit Modi, over accusations of match-fixing. The court ruled in Cairns's favour and ordered Modi to pay damages.
In a brief hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court, Cairns indicated he will contest the charge.
Cairns has described claims he fixed matches as “absurd” and recently said he would do “whatever it takes to again prove my innocence”.
Cairns's former lawyer, Andrew Fitch-Holland, has also indicated he will contest a related charge of perverting the course of justice and was also given bail.
The next hearing will be on 16 October.