New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum has launched defamation
proceedings against former test player John Parker over allegations made
about McCullum`s role in the removal of former captain Ross Taylor.
Parker headed a group of former players, including a number of test captains, who produced a report on New Zealand Cricket`s handling of Taylor`s firing and raised questions over it`s wider governance.
In a statement released by his lawyers on Friday, McCullum said he was not seeking monetary damages, but an acknowledgement the allegations contained in Parker`s report are "completely false."
He said the report "makes some very serious attacks on my integrity, my honesty and my ethics as a professional sportsman."
Parker headed a group of former players, including a number of test captains, who produced a report on New Zealand Cricket`s handling of Taylor`s firing and raised questions over it`s wider governance.
In a statement released by his lawyers on Friday, McCullum said he was not seeking monetary damages, but an acknowledgement the allegations contained in Parker`s report are "completely false."
He said the report "makes some very serious attacks on my integrity, my honesty and my ethics as a professional sportsman."
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