Former New Zealand captain Chris Cairns has described Brendon McCullum's part in his perjury trial as 'sad' after being found not guilty of having lied under oath in his previous London court outing.
Cairns, who represented his nation in 62 Tests and 215 ODIs, was also acquitted of perverting the course of justice after a British jury allowed him to walk away freely from the Southwark Crown Court on Monday.
A relieved Cairns said that it was sad to see current skipper McCullum level accusations against him during the perjury trial, Stuff.co.nz reported.
Earlier, McCullum had told the jury that Cairns had approached him three times in total over fixing a match.
However, Cairns admitted that it was fantastic to watch the way the team was playing and being captained by McCullum.
Cairns saw his reputation take a beating when the former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi accused Cairns of match-fixing while he was playing for the Chandigarh Lions in the now defunct Indian Cricket League in 2008.