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Lance Cairns
New Zealand
Player profile
Full name Bernard Lance Cairns
Born October 10, 1949, Picton, Marlborough
Current age 59 years 1 days
Major teams New Zealand, Central Districts, Durham, Minor Counties, Northern Districts, Otago
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Relations Son - CL Cairns
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
43 |
65 |
8 |
928 |
64 |
16.28 |
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0 |
2 |
28 |
30 |
0 |
| ODIs |
78 |
65 |
6 |
987 |
60 |
16.72 |
941 |
104.88 |
0 |
2 |
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19 |
0 |
| First-class |
148 |
226 |
25 |
4165 |
110 |
20.72 |
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1 |
23 |
|
89 |
0 |
| List A |
130 |
114 |
10 |
1885 |
95 |
18.12 |
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0 |
9 |
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37 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
43 |
72 |
10628 |
4280 |
130 |
7/74 |
10/144 |
32.92 |
2.41 |
81.7 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
| ODIs |
78 |
75 |
4015 |
2717 |
89 |
5/28 |
5/28 |
30.52 |
4.06 |
45.1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| First-class |
148 |
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31722 |
12544 |
473 |
8/46 |
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26.52 |
2.37 |
67.0 |
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24 |
5 |
| List A |
130 |
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6856 |
4384 |
167 |
5/28 |
5/28 |
26.25 |
3.83 |
41.0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
Australia v New Zealand at Adelaide, Jan 26-31, 1974 scorecard |
| Last Test |
Australia v New Zealand at Perth, Nov 30-Dec 4, 1985 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
New Zealand v Australia at Dunedin, Mar 30, 1974 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
West Indies v New Zealand at Bridgetown, Apr 23, 1985 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class span |
1971/72 - 1984/85 |
| List A span |
1972/73 - 1988 |
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.
Wisden Cricinfo staff
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