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NZC's priority is shielding McCullum
Sporting body says Chris Cairns may yet have a future with it but its focus is protecting captain from trial backlash.
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Chris Cairns: The inside story
Dylan Cleaver on how he found himself reporting on one of the most intriguing chapters in NZ sports history.
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Cairns' fury at NZ Cricket snub to Lance
Chris Cairns accuses New Zealand Cricket and former players of badly treating his father Lance.
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Chris Cairns: A free man
Chris Cairns is a free man. The 45-year-old was acquitted of perjury late last night by a jury that had considered verdicts for 10 hours and 17 minutes following a marathon trial lasting eight weeks. The New Zealand cricket legend and his friend Andrew Fitch-Holland were also acquitted of perverting the course of justice.
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Cairns' mum: 'It's been hard'
Sue Wilson says she had talked to her son after not guilty verdict, revealing he was "very emotional".
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Chris Cairns: It's been five years of hell
Chris Cairns talks to media following his not guilty verdict.
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Chris Cairns trial: McCullum's three statements
Cairns' defence team made much of the "shifting sands" of McCullum's statements
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How Chris Cairns was acquitted
What the London court heard during the Chris Cairns trial.
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The beginner's guide to the Cairns trial
Over the past eight weeks, evidence from more than 30 witnesses has been heard in a trial which has spanned the cricket fields of India, NZ and England.
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Star lawyer whose scorn won Cairns trial
Silk who represented Chris Cairns is one of the most sought-after defence barristers in London.
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Cairns trial: Jurors resume deliberations
The Chris Cairns trial in London will enter a ninth week tonight when the jury returns from the weekend to resume its deliberations.
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Chris Cairns in limbo
The fate of the cricketing great is in limbo after the jury was unable to reach a verdict in the perjury trial.
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Chris Cairns' fate in the hands of jurors
The jury in the Chris Cairns trial will later today gather to consider their verdicts for a second day.
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Cairns' fate in hands of jurors
Trial hinges on the evidence of Brendon McCullum, Lou Vincent and Ellie Riley.
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Cricket, cash and corruption
The judge in charge of the Chris Cairns trial spent an entire day outlining every single piece of evidence and sordid allegation heard in the eight-week hearing.