7 Jan 2010

Cairns' at a loss to explain dropping from IPL auction

10:23 am on 7 January 2010

The lawyer representing Chris Cairns says he's at a loss to explain the former New Zealand cricket international's dropping from a list of players put forward for this year's Indian Premier League player auction.

The IPL commissioner Lalit Modi had Cairns pulled from the auction list amid allegations of a link to alleged match fixing during his time in the rebel Indian Cricket League.

But Cairns' lawyer, Andrew Fitch-Holland, says it was the IPL which initally approached Cairns to play.

Cairns is now threatening legal action, as Fitch-Holland says the comments are profoundly damaging.