Chris Cairns

Chris Cairns

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Lance Cairns
Born	(1970-06-13) 13 June 1970 (age 46) Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm fast-medium
Role	All-rounder
Relations	Lance Cairns (father)
International information
National side	New Zealand
Test debut (cap 168)	24 November 1989 v Australia
Last Test	13 June 2004 v England
ODI debut (cap 76)	13 February 1991 v England
Last ODI	8 January 2006 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.	6
T20I debut (cap 2)	17 February 2005 v Australia
Last T20I	16 February 2006 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1990–2006	Canterbury
1988–2003	Nottinghamshire
1988–1989	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 62 215 217 424 Runs scored 3,320 4,950 10,702 10,367 Batting average 33.53 29.46 35.32 32.60 100s/50s 5/22 4/26 13/71 9/55 Top score 158 115 158 143 Balls bowled 11,698 8,168 34,252 16,620 Wickets 218 201 647 455 Bowling average 29.40 32.80 28.31 27.99 5 wickets in innings 13 1 30 6 10 wickets in match 1 n/a 6 n/a Best bowling 7/27 5/42 8/47 6/12 Catches/stumpings 14/– 66/– 78/– 118/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 November 2008

Christopher Lance Cairns, ONZM (born 13 June 1970) is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand international cricket team, the Black Caps, and is son of former New Zealand cricketer Lance Cairns. He starred in both the One-day and Test New Zealand teams, as well as the Canterbury New Zealand domestic championship team. Cairns also captained the Black Caps on seven occasions, usually when regular captain Stephen Fleming was unavailable.

Cairns finished his Test career with a batting average of 33.53 and a bowling average of 29.40. In 2000, he was named as one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year.

After his playing career Cairns went on to become a commentator with Sky Sport New Zealand.

Cairns was a destructive batsman who could hit sixes straight down the ground and in his earlier days was an intelligent fast-medium bowler. Since then, persistent injuries have forced him to drop his pace and rely more on his hard-to-read slower ball.

With the bat, Cairns has been the author of some of New Zealand cricket's most memorable innings, including his unbeaten 102 to win the final of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy for New Zealand against India in Kenya, and his 158 from just 172 balls in a Test against South Africa in 2004. Cairns knocked Shane Warne out of Australia's bowling attack during a 2000 test in Wellington when he launched several sixes out of the Basin Reserve and onto the adjacent street. Cairns formerly held the world record for most sixes in Tests (87, since surpassed by Adam Gilchrist), and for a time held the New Zealand record for fastest century in ODIs (75 balls, currently owned by Corey Anderson with 36 balls).

With the ball, Cairns' career-best performance in Tests was 7/27 against the West Indies in 1999, and he is New Zealand's fourth highest wicket taker in Tests, after Richard Hadlee, Daniel Vettori and Chris Martin.

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