Popular cricket player of New Zealand cricket team: Christopher Lance Cairns

Christopher Lance Cairns, an ONZM, is an ex all-rounder of the New Zealand International cricket team, the Black Caps. He played in Test and ODIs for the NZ team along with starring for the Canterbury New Zealand domestic championship side.

Cairns holds the honor of captaining the Black Caps over seven occasions and was referred by the renowned Shane Warne as the best all-rounder existing in the world. He exited the world of his Test career with a bowling average of 29.40 and a batting average of 35.52. He was also selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2000. As a batsman, Cairns was quite a fearsome player as he hit sixes in a successive manner. On the other hand, when it comes to his earlier days, he was referred to as a reliable fast-medium bowler.

As a bowler, Cairns experienced his career-best feat in a Test in 1998 against West Indies with a 7/27. He is also recognized as his team’s 3^rd highest wicket-taker during Tests. Cairns retired from his Test team in 2004 and in 2006, he announced his retired from One Day Internationals.

This gem of a player was also part of the ICC World XI that played in the matches for World Cricket Tsunami Appeal. Later, he joined the Indian Cricket League and at present, is hired as a captain for the Chandigarh Lions.