Chris Cairns

Chris Cairns
Personal information
Full name Christopher Lance Cairns
Born (1970-06-13) 13 June 1970
Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right arm fast-medium
Role All-rounder
Relations Lance Cairns (father)
International information
National side
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
YearsTeam
1990–2006 Canterbury
1988–2003 Nottinghamshire
1988–1989 Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 62 215 2 424
Runs scored 3,320 4,950 3 10,367
Batting average 33.53 29.46 1.50 32.60
100s/50s 5/22 4/26 0/0 9/55
Top score 158 115 2 143
Balls bowled 11,698 8,168 48 16,620
Wickets 218 201 1 455
Bowling average 29.40 32.80 52.00 27.99
5 wickets in innings 13 1 0 6
10 wickets in match 1 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 7/27 5/42 1/28 6/12
Catches/stumpings 14/– 66/– 1/– 118/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 November 2008

Christopher Lance Cairns, ONZM (born 13 June 1970) is a former New Zealand cricketer and former ODI captain, who played for the Black Caps as an all-rounder. 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.

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

Personal life

His sister Louise was killed at Rolleston in an August 1993 train accident; in September 2008 he completed a 1,001 km (622 mi) walk promoting rail safety awareness.[1]

Cairns is married to Melanie Croser, an Australian who works for the sports marketing group Octagon in Sydney. It is his third marriage. Cairns lives in Canberra and will start playing for the local club North Canberra Gungahlin Eagles in the 2011/12 season. In his first he scored 141 off 66 balls, including 13 sixes. During this knock his last 90 runs came off 27 balls.

Domestic career

Cairns also played for Northland in the Hawke Cup. He had joined the Indian Cricket League, and was the captain of the Chandigarh Lions till its closure in 2008. He later went on to play for Nottinghamshire in the English Twenty20 cup competition.

International career

Cairns batting

Cairns was a destructive batsman who could hit sixes straight down the ground and in his earlier days was an intelligent fast-medium bowler.[2] 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).

ICC KnockOut Trophy

Cairns was also the part of the victorius New Zealand campaign during the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy where they beat India in the final to lift their only title in major ICC global event. He played his part in the final and helped the Kiwis side, by scoring a match winning knock of 102*. Finally New Zealand went onto win the final and registered the highest ever chase in an ICC Champions Trophy final (265).[3]He also went onto become the first player to score a century in an ICC Champions Trophy final(was previously called as ICC Knockout Trophy) in a winning cause.He became only the third player to score a century in a Champions Trophy final after Philo Wallace and Sourav Ganguly.

Making history

Cairns' career-best bowling 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.

He is also one of only eight players to have reached the all-rounder's double of 200 wickets and 3000 runs. Out of these seven players, Cairns reached the double 2nd fastest (58 Test) behind Ian Botham. In ODIs, Cairns came close to another double of 200 wickets and 5000 runs. Cairns finished his ODI career on 4950 runs, just 50 short. Cairns Test batting average at number seven (44.02) is the 5th best average for that position of all time.[4]

The New Zealand Herald journalist, Richard Boock said about Cairns: "It's not a scientific measure of course, but if Cairns' body had held together long enough for him to have played 100 Tests, his figures extrapolate out to something like 5334 runs and 351 wickets – very similar to those of Botham." He went on to say "He was, and should be remembered as, one of the game's best all-rounders."[5]

Late career

During the Lord's Test against England, he bowled England wicket-keeper Chris Read for zero. Read was ducking to the ball, what he thought was a beamer from Chris Cairns but was a well-disguised slower ball.

Cairns also played in the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal ODI, at the MCG. Cairns played for the ICC World XI and scored 69 off 47 balls before being stumped by Kumar Sangakkara off the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan. During his innings, Cairns put a 91 run partnership on with captain, Ricky Ponting. With the ball, Cairns picked up 1–37 off 6 overs.

Injuries plagued Cairns throughout his career. There remains some debate over his statistics and how they reflected his ability.[5] In Cairns career he played 62 Test and missed a further 55 due to injury. Sidharth Monga writing in 2009 that Cairns' career returns "were a poor justification of his prodigious talent."[2]

Retirement

Cairns bowling for the Canterbury Wizards in 2006

Cairns retired from the New Zealand Test team in 2004. On 22 January 2006, Cairns announced his retirement from ODIs in a press conference. A Twenty20 match against the West Indies on 16 February 2006 was his last game representing New Zealand. He was also part of the ICC World XI that played in the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal matches.

The New Zealand Herald compared his retirement to those of Michael Jordan and Björn Borg on 15 February 2006. Cairns also left the door open for a comeback, but said "I don't think I could ever be tempted back".[6]

In Cairns' final game, he bowled four overs for 24 and no wicket and scored a nine-ball duck, before being bowled by Chris Gayle. He also missed the stumps in both attempts during the bowl off. Cricinfo describe his final international as "an unfitting farewell" and that "he deserved better".[7]

Alleged match fixing

In December 2013, Cairns was the subject of allegations in an ICC investigation into match-fixing.[8] He is alleged to have attempted to manipulate games in India when he was captain of the Chandigarh Lions in the short lived Indian Cricket League.[9] Cairns has rejected these claims.[10]

Former New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent, an admitted match fixer, has said that Cairns had approached him about fixing matches.[11] New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum also told the Anti Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) of the International Cricket Council that Cairns made a match fixing approach to him.[12] Cairns insists that he has never fixed a match, saying Vincent wanted to "mitigate his sins by blaming others" and taking issue with McCullum having waited three years before approaching the ICC.[12]

In March 2012 Cairns successfully sued former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi for libel, after Modi posted on Twitter in 2010 that Cairns had been involved in match-fixing during 2008. He won costs and damages.[13] On 12 September 2014, the Metropolitan Police announced that they would charge Cairns with perjury stemming from the Modi libel trial.[14] He was acquitted of charges of perjury and perverting the course of justice on November 30, 2015. [15]

Statistics

  • In the column Runs, * indicates being not out.
  • The column title Match refers to the Match Number of his career.

Test Centuries

Chris Cairns's Test Centuries[16]
#RunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueYearResult
112016 ZimbabweNew Zealand Auckland, New ZealandEden Park1996Drawn
212635 IndiaNew Zealand Hamilton, New ZealandSeddon Park1999Drawn
310946 AustraliaNew Zealand Wellington, New ZealandBasin Reserve2000Lost
412449 ZimbabweZimbabwe Harare, ZimbabweHarare Sports Club2000Won
515858 South AfricaNew Zealand Auckland, New ZealandEden Park2004Won

One Day International Centuries

Chris Cairns's One Day International Centuries[17]
#RunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueYearResult
110332 IndiaIndia Pune, IndiaNehru Stadium1995Lost
2115100 IndiaNew Zealand Christchurch, New ZealandAMI Stadium1999Won
3102*130 IndiaKenya Nairobi, KenyaGymkhana Club Ground2000Won
4102*141 South AfricaAustralia Brisbane, AustraliaBrisbane Cricket Ground2002Won

His third century helped New Zealand to win their maiden title in an ICC award. So far this title remains the only victory for New Zealand in an ODI tournament involving teams more than 2.

Test 5-wicket hauls

Chris Cairns's Test 5-wicket hauls[18]
#FiguresMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueYearResult
15/752 Sri LankaNew Zealand Auckland, New ZealandEden Park1991Drawn
26/524 EnglandNew Zealand Auckland, New ZealandEden Park1992Lost
35/13718 PakistanPakistan Rawalpindi, PakistanRawalpindi Cricket Stadium1996Lost
45/5024 ZimbabweZimbabwe Harare, ZimbabweHarare Sports Club1997Drawn
55/6233 Sri LankaSri Lanka Colombo, Sri LankaSinhalese Sports Club1998Lost
66/7737 EnglandUnited Kingdom London, EnglandLord's1999Won
75/3139 EnglandUnited Kingdom London, EnglandKennington Oval1999Won
87/2743 West IndiesNew Zealand Hamilton, New ZealandSeddon Park1999Won
95/4444 West IndiesNew Zealand Wellington, New ZealandBasin Reserve1999Won
105/3148 ZimbabweZimbabwe Bulawayo, ZimbabweQueens Sports Club2000Won
115/14650 AustraliaAustralia Brisbane, AustraliaBrisbane Cricket Ground2001Drawn
127/5353 BangladeshNew Zealand Hamilton, New ZealandSeddon Park2001Won
135/7962 EnglandUnited Kingdom Nottingham, England, United KingdomTrent Bridge2004Lost

Test 10-Wicket Hauls

Chris Cairns's Test 10-Wicket Hauls
#FiguresMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueYearResult
110/10043 West IndiesNew Zealand Hamilton, New ZealandSeddon Park1999Won

One Day International 5-Wicket Hauls

Chris Cairns's One Day International 5-Wicket Hauls[19]
#FiguresMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueYearResult
15/4283 AustraliaNew Zealand Napier, New ZealandMcLean Park1998Won

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match Awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 India Nehru Stadium, Pune 24 November 1995 103 (87 balls: 10×4, 4×6) ; 10-1-37-3  India won by 5 wickets.[20]
2 Sri Lanka Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah 7 November 1996 71 (91 balls: 1×4, 4×6) ; 9.1-0-39-2, 1 Ct.  New Zealand won by 29 runs.[21]
3 Sri Lanka Basin Reserve, Wellington 27 March 1997 56 (78 balls: 7×4) ; DNB  New Zealand won by 69 runs.[22]
4 Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club, Harare 5 October 1997 71 (78 balls: 9×4, 1×6) ; 7-1-26-1  New Zealand won by 83 runs.[23]
5 India AMI Stadium, Christchurch 19 January 1999 115 (80 balls: 7×4, 7×6) ; 6-0-48-1  New Zealand won by 70 runs.[24]
6 India Nehru Stadium, Guwahati 14 November 1999 80 (114 balls: 4×4, 3×6) ; 5-1-14-1  New Zealand won by 48 runs.[25]
7 India Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi 15 October 2000 10-2-40-0 ; 102* (113 balls: 8×4, 2×6)  New Zealand won 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.[26]
8 South Africa Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 19 January 2002 10-0-44-2, 1 Ct. ; 102* (99 balls: 9×4, 3×6)  New Zealand won by 4 wickets.[27]
9 Bangladesh MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong 2 November 2004 74 (83 balls: 1×4, 5×6) ; 4-2-5-0  New Zealand won by 138 runs.[28]

References

  1. ↑ "Cairns battles emotions at end of trek". The New Zealand Herald. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  2. 1 2 Monga, Sidharth (14 September 2009). "Men of many parts". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Final: India v New Zealand at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 15, 2000 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  4. ↑ Basevi, Travis (11 October 2005). "Best averages by batting position". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  5. 1 2 Boock, Richard (28 January 2006). "Cricket: Cairns right up there with the best of' em". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  6. ↑ Boock, Richard (15 February 2006). "Cairns prepares for final bow". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
  7. ↑ Cleaver, Dylan (16 February 2006). "An unfitting farewell". ESPN. Retrieved 1 May 2012
  8. ↑ "Cricket's anti-corruption inquiry: Probe into games in three countries". The New Zealand Herald. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2013.
  9. ↑ Chris Hewett (3 October 2014). "Chris Cairns in court to defend charge". The New Zealand Herald.
  10. ↑ Chris Cairns named by NZ Test player's ex-wife in match-fixing testimony
  11. ↑ Derek Pringle (1 July 2014). "Lou Vincent match-fixing apology puts Chris Cairns on spot". The Telegraph.
  12. 1 2 Chris Cairns insists he has never fixed a match, slams former New Zealand cricket team-mates
  13. ↑ "Cairns awarded $950,000 for libel". The New Zealand Herald. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
  14. ↑ "Chris Cairns to be charged with perjury". The New Zealand Herald. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Cairns trial likely in October 2015". ESPNcricinfo. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  16. ↑ Statsguru: Chris Cairns, ESPNcricinfo, 15 March 2010.
  17. ↑ Statsguru: Chris Cairns, ESPNcricinfo, 15 March 2010.
  18. ↑ Statsguru: Chris Cairns, ESPNcricinfo, 12 March 2010.
  19. ↑ Statsguru: Chris Cairns, ESPNcricinfo, 15 March 2010.
  20. ↑ "1995-1996 India v New Zealand - 4th Match - Pune". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  21. ↑ "1996-1997 Singer Champions Trophy - 1st Match - New Zealand v Sri Lanka - Sharjah". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  22. ↑ "1996-1997 New Zealand v Sri Lanka - 3rd Match - Wellington". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  23. ↑ "1997-1998 Zimbabwe v New Zealand - 3rd Match - Harare". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  24. ↑ "1998-1999 New Zealand v India - 6th Match - Christchurch". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  25. ↑ "1995-1996 India v New Zealand - 4th Match - Pune". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  26. ↑ "2000-2001 ICC Knock-Out - Final - India v New Zealand - Nairobi". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  27. ↑ "2001-2002 VB Series - 5th Match - New Zealand v South Africa - Brisbane". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  28. ↑ "2004-2005 Bangladesh v New Zealand - 1st Match - Chittagong". HowStat. 18 February 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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