- Monday, February 24, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
FORMER New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has reportedly been put on life support at a hospital in Canberra in Australia after suddenly collapsing as a result of a major health issue.
According to a report in New Zealand media platform Newshub, the 51-year-old suffered an aortic dissection in his heart in the Australian last week. An aortic dissection is a tear of the inner layer of the human body’s main artery.
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Cairns, whose father Lance Cairns was also Kiwi cricketer, reportedly underwent several operations but has not responded to the treatment as hoped.
Cairns made his debut for New Zealand in 1989 and played till 2006. He appeared in 62 Tests, 215 one-day internationals and two Twenty20s. He is considered among the greatest all-rounders in modern-day cricket with more than 8,000 runs and 400 wickets across all formats. He has scored nine centuries and taken 14 five-wicket hauls in international cricket.
The man, who averages 33 in batting in Tests and 29 in ODIs, was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the year 2000.
One of the finest moments of Cairns’ career came the same year when he braved injury to power his country to win the Champions Trophy by slamming an unbeaten hundred in the final against India in Nairobi, Kenya.
