Chris Cairns

Christopher Lance Cairns  (born 13 June 1970) is a retired New Zealand cricketer and captain. He played for the New Zealand cricket team from 1989 until 2006. In 2000, he was named as one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year. Cairns was born in Picton, New Zealand. His father is cricketer Lance Cairns.

In August 2021, he was reported to be on life support after suffering a major heart attack which caused an aortic dissection in his home in Canberra, Australia. He recovered however, Cairns became paralysed from the waist after having a stroke during surgery. 

In February 2022, Cairns was diagnosed with bowel cancer.

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