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All-rounder Chris Cairns was the ‘poster boy’ of New Zealand cricket at the height of his playing career. The powerfully built fast bowler and big-hitter was one of the most dangerous cricketers across all formats of the game. Overall, Cairns played 62 Tests, 215 ODIs and 2 T20 matches in an international career spanning 17 years.
Cairns scored 8,273 international runs, took 420 wickets and took 81 catches. He was named one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2000. A massive striker with the bat, Cairns hit 240 sixes in Tests and ODIs.
Happy birthday Chris Cairns__
_8273 international runs
_420 international wickets
_81 International catches
_Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2000
That’s how good he was as a bowler. magical delivery to bowled @sachin_rt Cuttack in 1995.pic.twitter.com/O8Y11KsUWJ— Zohaib (Cricket King)___ (@Zohaib1981) June 13, 2023
Match fixing libel case against Lalit Modi
The son of another New Zealand all-rounder Lance Cairns, Chris Cairns ended his life in international cricket after infamy. Chris Cairns was investigated by the British authorities over match-fixing allegations leveled by former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi.
In March 2012, Cairns successfully sued former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi for libel after Modi alleged on Twitter that the New Zealander was involved in match-fixing in 2008. Cairns won costs and damages.
The Metropolitan Police later announced charges of perjury and perverting the course of justice against Cairns stemming from the Modi libel trial.
The match-fixing allegations leveled by Lalit Modi resulted in Cairns losing all cricket related work. The New Zealand all-rounder was reduced to cleaning bus shelters for just $17 an hour.
life as a truck driver
The former cricketer has taken up a job with Auckland Council, where he drives a truck that goes around water-blasting bus shelters in the New Zealand capital, reports Mid-Day. Former New Zealand cricketer and one of Cairns’ best friends, Dion Nash, revealed: “He (Cairns) is working really hard and supporting his family as best he can. He’s not hanging around , He is showing guts and working hard by cleaning the bus shelter,” said Nash, adding that he stands by his friend on the issue of fixing.
Chris Cairns is suffering from multiple health ailments
Chris Cairns, who turns 53 on Tuesday, suffered a heart attack in August 2021, which kept him on life support. He was later paralyzed from the waist down after suffering a stroke during one of four open-heart surgeries.
In February, he revealed that he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer. Now, Cairns, who lives in Canberra, Australia, told the podcast that the health battle brought him a ray of hope. “I carried a lot of anger and frustration, but I carried it quietly. I dug my hole in Australia and got on with life… but I was angry,” he said.
Huge year ahead_excited to continue working with @keeogo to advance my recovery. First international trip planned for March_.off to Malaysia with the @keeogo team. can not wait. Many thanks also to Andrew Pearce and AI Medical International. let’s get it! , pic.twitter.com/y9L2yxTv4a— Chris Cairns (@chriscairns168) January 8, 2023
“But now, after the last seven months, it’s way below my thinking. It’s not a priority. It feels like some other time, some other place.” May be there was no contribution in helping me fight.
Earlier this year, Cairns shared encouraging news of his recovery as he traveled to Malaysia to recover from paralysis.
