1. Bernard Lance Cairns was born on 10 October 1949 and is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand national cricket team, and is the father of New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns.
20 Facts About Lance Cairns
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Lance Cairns was known for the unusual bat he played with throughout much of his career.
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Lance Cairns took 130 Test Match wickets and 89 ODI wickets.
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Lance Cairns took ten wickets in New Zealand's first ever win on English soil, at Headingley in 1983.
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Lance Cairns scored 928 Test Match and 987 ODI runs at more than a run a ball.
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Lance Cairns was a member of both the one-day and Test New Zealand teams between 1974 and 1985.
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Lance Cairns appeared for Central Districts, Northern Districts and Otago in New Zealand domestic cricket.
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Lance Cairns was the professional for Bishop Auckland in the North Yorkshire and South Durham League in the North East of England.
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Lance Cairns set the scene for a dramatic run chase with 49 off 24 balls, which included three sixes off the English spinners.
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Lance Cairns' dismissal was an anti-climax; out for 52, offering a simple catch to Steve Smith at cover off the bowling of Geoff Lawson.
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Lance Cairns hit sixes in all three games, with one of them leaving Wellington's Basin Reserve and ending up in a busy street outside the ground.
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Lance Cairns, although hitting 10 fours and a six, played a rearguard innings best remembered for its uncharacteristic grit and controlled determination, which helped New Zealand achieve a famous draw against the odds.
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Lance Cairns received a blow to the back of the head from 19-year-old paceman Wasim Akram.
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Lance Cairns recovered to play in the World Championship of Cricket in Sydney and Melbourne in February 1985.
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Lance Cairns played in only the first two tests of the four test series taking only five wickets at an average of 63.00.
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Lance Cairns's final series for New Zealand was a personal anti-climax for this immensely popular cricketer.
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Lance Cairns has been profoundly deaf since age 17, which he blamed on working in noisy conditions.
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Lance Cairns is the Ambassador for The National Foundation for the Deaf Inc and participates in raising awareness for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities.
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Lance Cairns was the subject of an episode of the TVNZ production This Is Your Life in 1998 which was presented by Paul Holmes.
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Lance Cairns represented Poverty Bay-East Coast at New Zealand Masters tournaments.