When on January 5, 2010, Lalit Modi, the former Indian Premier League chairman, posted two tweets alleging that New Zealander cricketer Mr Christopher Cairns had had a “past record in match fixing,” linking it to the decision not to include the New Zealander in the IPL auction list, it is unlikely that he realised the full implications of his actions. All became clear a little more than two years later, last Monday, when Justice Bean of London's High Court handed down a verdict awarding Mr Cairns 90,000 pounds in damages plus costs.