Former Black Caps captain Stephen Fleming accused Lou Vincent and Chris Cairns of being "dirty" after claims of match fixing broke, a London court has been told.
Giving evidence for a third day at Cairns' perjury trial at Southwark Crown Court in London, Vincent said he was playing in South Africa in 2012 when Fleming approached him and accused him of match fixing.
"He said, `I know you're dirty, and I know Chris is dirty as well'," Vincent told the court on Wednesday.
"It was harrowing... I quickly closed the conversation down... it didn't make me feel good as a human being and it made me want to run and hide."
However, Cairns' lawyer, Orlando Pownall QC, questioned Vincent's version of events, suggesting Cairns had not been mentioned in that conversation at all.
Cairns is facing a charge of perjury relating to a 2012 libel trial, and a charge of perverting the course of justice for allegedly trying to get Vincent to provide a false statement in that case.
The exchange with Fleming was among several aspects of Vincent's evidence the defence attacked on Wednesday.
Mr Pownall asked why Cairns, being aware of Vincent's "brittle and flawed personality", would have asked him to provide a statement of support for the libel trial.
"Did you think that Chris Cairns, if you're telling the truth, was completely mad?" Mr Pownall asked.
Vincent replied: "No, because I was working for him and he needed support in the trial."
Vincent has said previously he was owed $250,000 by Cairns, but Mr Pownall suggested it was strange that emails between the pair were friendly and never raised that point.
He read out passages from Vincent's emails that said "Cairnsy lad, you back studying this semester?" and "Take care mate", to which Vincent said Cairns had made it clear he was not to discuss fixing via text or email.
Mr Pownall also questioned Vincent's claim he tried to recruit other players on Cairns' orders, suggesting Vincent was actually working for an Indian bookie.
Drawing on a false statement Vincent gave to the English and Wales Cricket Board, Mr Pownall noted Vincent's "pack of lies".
Vincent agreed the statement was untrue, and said: "Yes, I'm ashamed of having to spend two hours lying to respectable figures."
"Up until September 2013, anything I said to any authority, I lied."
The trial could last until November 20.
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