Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns is to be charged with perjury by British police. The charges relate to the 2012 libel trial in London's high court in which Cairns successfully sued former Indian Premier League boss Lalit Modi over allegations he had been involved in match fixing. Cairns said, "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."