Chris Cairns provides new details of fixing claims

Wellington: Chris Cairns says he's been told that former New Zealand captains Stephen Fleming and Daniel Vettori have given statements to the International Cricket Council about his alleged role in match-fixing and has described those allegations as "absurd, bizarre and scary."

Cairns addressed a news conference in Auckland on Friday on his return to New Zealand from London, where he was interviewed by the Metropolitan Police and investigators from the England and Wales Cricket Board and the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit.

Reading from a prepared statement, Cairns said he had been told Fleming, Vettori and fast bowler Kyle Mills had joined former test batsman Lou Vincent and current New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum in making statements to the ICC.