{"id":70979,"date":"2021-08-11T06:10:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T06:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=70979"},"modified":"2021-08-11T06:10:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T06:10:57","slug":"new-zealand-cricket-legend-chris-cairns-on-life-support-in-canberra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/new-zealand-cricket-legend-chris-cairns-on-life-support-in-canberra\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand cricket legend Chris Cairns on life support in Canberra"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #003366;\">New Zealand cricket legend Chris Cairns on life support in Canberra<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70980\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Zealand-cricket-legend-Chris-Cairns-on-life-support-in-Canberra1-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"New Zealand cricket legend Chris Cairns on life support in Canberra\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/new-zealand-cricket-legend-chris-cairns-on-life-support-in-canberra\/news-story\/b4f6cb64740f72c7d9cd9f80f65d8518\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"description\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Former Black Cap Chris Cairns has reportedly collapsed in Australia and is on life support.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"story-content\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It is understood Cairns suffered a major medical emergency \u2013 an aortic dissection \u2013 in Canberra last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">This is when a tear occurs in the inner layer of the body\u2019s main artery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He will be transferred to a specialist hospital in Sydney soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><i><b>Watch India\u2019s Tour of England Live &amp; On-Demand on Kayo. New to Kayo?\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"servedby.flashtalking.com\" href=\"https:\/\/servedby.flashtalking.com\/click\/7\/147290;5439997;50126;211;0\/?ft_width=1&amp;ft_height=1&amp;gdpr=${GDPR}&amp;gdpr_consent=${GDPR_CONSENT_78}&amp;us_privacy=${US_PRIVACY}&amp;url=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Try 14-Days Free Now <\/a><\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He has reportedly undergone several operations while in hospital, but has not responded to treatment as hoped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Cairns, 51, the son of Black Cap legend Lance Cairns, was a right-hand batsman and fast-medium bowler.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He was known as one of the finest all-rounders of his generation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Cairns played 62 test matches, 215 one day internationals and two T20s for New Zealand between 1989 and 2006. He went on to become a commentator with Sky Sport in New Zealand. Cairns has been living and working in Canberra with his wife Mel and their children for several years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-70981\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/New-Zealand-cricket-legend-Chris-Cairns-on-life-support-in-Canberra2-533x400.jpg\" alt=\"New Zealand cricket legend Chris Cairns on life support in Canberra\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">He has been the chief executive of SmartSportz, a company specialising in virtual sport.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Cairns had to rebuild his life after walking out of Southwark Crown Court in London in 2015 after being found not guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice charges in relation to match-fixing allegations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Social media was quick to send its well wishes for the cricket legend.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">More details here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rQ6ttC7dUo\">https:\/\/t.co\/rQ6ttC7dUo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Gourdie (@AndrewGourdie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewGourdie\/status\/1424990981439381504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">very best wishes to Chris Cairns who is seriously ill in hospital <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QWS84RQ1ip\">https:\/\/t.co\/QWS84RQ1ip<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rick Eyre on cricket &#x1f489;&#x1f489; (@rickeyrecricket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rickeyrecricket\/status\/1424995768235036677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just saw news about Chris Cairns being on life support. Prayers for his speedy recovery. I just hope he gets through this. The uncertainties of life makes us all so fragile and helpless. Get well soon champ &#x1f91e;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChrisCairns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChrisCairns<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikkhailVaswani\/status\/1425004366453379076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Terrible news. I used to love watching Chris Cairns bat and bowl. He was the Kiwi version of Gary Gilmour. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXKNXHv6tK\">https:\/\/t.co\/VXKNXHv6tK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Walter (@BradWalterSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradWalterSport\/status\/1424995798656323585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand cricket legend Chris Cairns on life support in Canberra Source:-news.com.au Former Black Cap Chris Cairns has reportedly collapsed in Australia and is on life support. It is understood Cairns suffered a major medical emergency \u2013 an aortic dissection \u2013 in Canberra last week. 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