5 cricketers who filed a defamation suit

#2 Chris Cairns

New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns appears in court on perjury charges

Chris Cairns was an extremely valuable cricketer for New Zealand during the 1990s and early 2000s. The former all-rounder was embroiled in one of the most high-profile defamation suits in cricket history. In 2012, Lalit Modi had alleged in a tweet that Cairns was involved in a match-fixing ring during his stint as captain for the Chandigarh Lions at the now defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL).

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Cairns filed a defamation suit against the erstwhile IPL commissioner in London. Following a stormy round of proceedings in London, Cairns won the libel case and was awarded damages worth £90,000. Although nothing could be proven about his involvement in match-fixing during that time, quite a few cricketers such as Lou Vincent and Brendan McCullum came forward with fresh allegations during a few years later even as Cairns himself was tried for perjury.