Full Name

Bernard Lance Cairns

Born

October 10, 1949, Picton, Marlborough

Age

74y 161d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium fast

Playing Role

Bowler

RELATIONS

(son)

Coming from Spring Creek, a Marlborough hamlet, Lance Cairns was the rawest of cricketers. The first Test he saw was the first one he played in. He had no idea that his awkward wrong-footed delivery was not the orthodox bowling action. But soon Cairns' ability to bowl big inswingers, and batsmanship born of broad shoulders and a good eye, made him a crowd-pleasing match-winner. He carried a wooden club, rather than a bat, with cutaway shoulders and bearing the name Excalibur - a massive blade that carved six sixes in one memorable one-day international against Australia at Melbourne. And one Christchurch day when New Zealand were waiting for Lancaster Park to dry out, Lance Cairns was bowling on the outfield to a classy 14-year-old - the Chris Cairns who in a decade or so would surpass his father's famous deeds.
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Lance Cairns Career Stats

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests43721062842801307/7410/14432.922.4181.7561
ODIs787540152717895/285/2830.524.0645.1210
FC148-31722125444738/46-26.522.3767.0-245
List A130-685643841675/285/2826.253.8341.0510

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s6sCtSt
Tests436589286416.28--0228300
ODIs786569876016.72941104.8802-190
FC14822625416511020.72--123-890
List A1301141018859518.12--09-370
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Debut/Last Matches of Lance Cairns

Recent Matches of Lance Cairns

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Durham vs Somerset541/6022-Jun-1988DarlingtonList A
New Zealand vs Australia00/50 & 0/5930-Nov-1985PerthTest # 1031
N Zealanders vs NSW42/59 & 0/315-Nov-1985SydneyFC
N Zealanders vs Queensland--1/94 & 0/3401-Nov-1985BrisbaneFC
N Zealanders vs South Aust252/46 & 1/4426-Oct-1985AdelaideFC

Photos of Lance Cairns

Lance Cairns
Slips cast: Lance Cairns, Jeff Crowe, Jeremy Coney and Geoff Howarth
Lance Cairns uses the Excalibur bat during a one-day international
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Ian Botham pulls Lance Cairns
Lance Cairns bats with a unique bat during a one-day international