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Chris Cairns

New Zealand

Full name Christopher Lance Cairns

Born June 13, 1970, Picton, Marlborough

Current age 39 years 162 days

Major teams New Zealand, Canterbury, Chandigarh Lions, ICC World XI, Northern Districts, Nottinghamshire

Playing role All-rounder

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Relation Father - BL Cairns, Uncle - BL Roberts

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct
Tests	62	104	5	3320	158	33.53	5815	57.09	5	22	365	87	14
ODIs	215	193	25	4950	115	29.46	5874	84.26	4	26	345	153	66
T20Is	2	2	0	3	2	1.50	13	23.07	0	0	0	0	1
First-class	217	341	38	10702	158	35.32			13	71			78
List A	424	377	59	10367	143	32.60			9	55			118
Twenty20	14	14	2	176	50	14.66	149	118.12	0	1	16	6	5

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	62	104	11698	6410	218	7/27	10/100	29.40	3.28	53.6	11	13	1
ODIs	215	186	8168	6594	201	5/42	5/42	32.80	4.84	40.6	3	1	0
T20Is	2	2	48	52	1	1/28	1/28	52.00	6.50	48.0	0	0	0
First-class	217		34252	18322	647	8/47		28.31	3.20	52.9		30	6
List A	424		16620	12739	455	6/12	6/12	27.99	4.59	36.5	15	6	0
Twenty20	14	5	108	126	5	2/24	2/24	25.20	7.00	21.6	0	0	0

Career statistics

Test debut	Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Nov 24-28, 1989 scorecard
Last Test	England v New Zealand at Nottingham, Jun 10-13, 2004 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	New Zealand v England at Wellington, Feb 13, 1991 scorecard
Last ODI	New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Napier, Jan 8, 2006 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last T20I	New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland, Feb 16, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	1988/89
Last First-class	Otago v Canterbury at Dunedin, Dec 19-21, 2005 scorecard
List A debut	1988/89
Last List A	Nottinghamshire v Scotland at Nottingham, May 1, 2006 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	New Zealand v Australia at Auckland, Feb 17, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire at Nottingham, Jun 27, 2008 scorecard

Profile

One of the more colourful characters in the New Zealand side, Chris Cairns has developed from something of a rebel to a more senior statesman, especially after the part he played in ending the players' strike in 2002. However, his genuine ability has been seen in only fleeting glimpses due to an inordinate number of injuries at crucial stages. When fit, he is one of the finest allrounders in the world, and he became only the sixth man to achieve an allrounder's double of 200 wickets and 3000 runs in March 2004. However, his bowling and batting has on the whole lacked the sort of impact which led New Zealand to their first one-day international tournament success, the 2000 ICC tournament at Nairobi. He continued to flourish in 2001-02, helping New Zealand to the VB Series final, but knee and back injuries came back to blunt his form. However, he came back for New Zealand's 2003-04 series against South Africa and announced that the 2004 Test series in England would be his last, but would continue to play one-dayers. New Zealand lost all three Tests, but, suitably, Cairns bowed out at Trent Bridge, his adopted home from his days with Nottinghamshire. In the first Test at Lord's, he passed Sir Vivian Richards's previous record of the most sixes in Test cricket. He played for Notts from 1989 to 1996, and returned in 2003. Upset at missing out on New Zealand's tour of South Africa in September 2005 - his captain, Stephen Fleming, was similar perplexed - he vowed to be fit and available for the World Cup in 2007. New Zealand lost the five-match one-day series 4-0, and Cairns was reinstated for Australia's one-day tour of New Zealand in December. On January 22, 2006, Cairns announced his retirement from ODIs in a tear-filled press conference. A Twenty20 match against West Indies on February 16, 2006 was his last game for New Zealand.
Lynn McConnell (August 2007)

Notes

Walter Lawrence Trophy 1995

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000