Chris Cairns forgot about perjury case

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Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns is in trouble with a British judge after failing to turn up for a pre-trial hearing.

Cairns faces a perjury charge linked to a 2012 libel case over alleged match-fixing.

The hearing was to iron out any issues the legal team had ahead of the trial date, which has been set for October 5.

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