Jurors in the perjury trial of Chris Cairns in London have retired to consider their verdicts.
The former New Zealand cricket captain, 45, faces perjury and perverting the course of justice allegations after the retired cricket star successfully sued Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi for accusing him of match fixing on Twitter in 2010.
The libel case netted Cairns £90,000, but he allegedly lied to the court when he said he had "never, ever cheated at cricket".
The all-rounder is also said to have perverted the course of justice by inducing fellow cricketer Lou Vincent to provide a false witness statement during a Skype call.
Cairns's friend and "legal adviser" barrister Andrew Fitch-Holland, 50, of Manchester, is also accused of perverting the course of justice. Both men deny the charges.
The jury at Southwark Crown Court has heard evidence from a number of former cricketers including Vincent, Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum, Andrew Adams, Chris Harris and Ricky Ponting.
Vincent claimed he was involved in the fixing scandal under "direct orders" from his former captain, while current New Zealand skipper McCullum said Cairns approached him with a "business proposition" about match fixing.
Cairns, of Auckland, New Zealand, captained the Chandigarh Lions in three competitions in the Indian Cricket League which flourished briefly before the ascendancy of the IPL in 2007 and 2008.
The allegation made by Modi related to the second and third of these competitions, between March and April 2008 and October and November that year.
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