24 May 2014

Cairns flies to UK for police interview

10:50 pm on 24 May 2014

Former Black Cap Chris Cairns is flying to London on Saturday night to be interviewed by Metropolitan police over cricket match-fixing.

It comes as his former team-mate, Lou Vincent, is set to face new charges over match-fixing.

Chris Cairns.

Chris Cairns. Photo: AFP

As well as continuing a suspended interview with the London police, Cairns also hopes to meet the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit.

He continues to firmly deny any involvement in match-fixing.

Meanwhile the cricket news website Cricinfo says fresh charges are expected to be formally laid against Vincent next month. They relate to his appearances for the Auckland Aces at two Champions League Twenty20 tournaments, in India in 2011, and in South Africa in 2012.

On Thursday, Lou Vincent and his former Sussex team-mate Naved Arif were charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board with more than 15 counts of match-fixing for a county limited-overs match in August 2011.

Auckland lost both their qualifying matches in 2011, but reached the main draw the following year. Vincent took part in every match.

The website said the charges were expected to be formally laid next month, after the conclusion of the Indian Premier League.

Meanwhile, a veteran investigator of corruption in international sport has called for a 60-day amnesty for people to report any knowledge of match fixing, the ABC reports.

Declan Hill is the author of two best-selling books on rigged matches and says an independent agency is needed, without a conflict of interest in concealing corruption in the sport.