Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns collapsed due to a heart problem, which has put him on life support in a hospital in Canberra. He had undergone multiple operations after suffering an aortic dissection. According to Newshub, the 51-year-old would now be moved to a specialist hospital in Sydney.
Cairns had undergone multiple operations after suffering an aortic dissection. However, the treatment wasn’t very effective as the 51-year-old’s body did not respond as expected. Hence, the former pace-bowling all-rounder’s condition is quite serious.
New Zealand media outlet Newshub reported that Cairns would be moved to a specialist hospital in Sydney. New Zealand’s cricket players’ union or the NZ Cricket spokesman did not want to comment anything at the moment, respecting the Cairns and his family’s privacy.
“It’s absolutely devastating. It’s the worst news you could possibly get,”
said former teammate Chris Haris termed.
Cairns had moved to Canberra quite a few years back. He got married to an Australian Melanie Croser in 2010.
He was regarded as one of the finest all-rounders of his time as he could make a big impact with both bat and ball. The pace-bowling all-rounder played 62 Test matches, 215 ODIs and a couple of T20Is in his international career that spanned for more than 17 years. He made his debut way back in 1989 and played his last international game in 2006.
Cairns scored 3320 runs at an average of 33.53 and also returned with 218 wickets at an average of 29.40 in Test cricket. As far as ODI cricket is concerned, he amassed 4950 runs at an average of 29.46 and a strike-rate of 84.26. He also took 201 wickets with the ball.
