Lance Cairns

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Lance Cairns

Personal information
Full name	Bernard Lance Cairns
Born	(1949-10-10) 10 October 1949 (age 74)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
International information
National side	New Zealand (1974–1985)
Test debut (cap 130)	26 January 1974 v Australia
Last Test	30 November 1985 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 15)	30 March 1974 v Australia
Last ODI	23 April 1985 v West Indies
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1972/73–1975/76	Central Districts
1976/77–1979/80	Otago
1979–1988	Durham
1981/82–1987/88	Northern Districts
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 43 78 148 130 Runs scored 928 987 4,165 1,885 Batting average 16.28 16.72 20.72 18.12 100s/50s 0/2 0/2 1/23 0/9 Top score 64 60 110 95 Balls bowled 10,628 4,015 31,722 4,384 Wickets 130 89 473 167 Bowling average 32.92 30.52 26.52 26.25 5 wickets in innings 6 1 24 1 10 wickets in match 1 0 5 0 Best bowling 7/74 5/28 8/46 5/28 Catches/stumpings 30/– 19/– 89/– 37/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 April 2017

Bernard Lance Cairns (born 10 October 1949) is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand national cricket team, and is the father of New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns.

He was also known for the unusual bat he played with throughout much of his career. Known as "Excalibur", the shoulders of the bat were planed down to form a conical rather than rectangular shape.^[1]

Cairns was a swing bowler with an unorthodox 'front on' action. He took 130 Test Match wickets and 89 ODI wickets. He took ten wickets in New Zealand's first ever win on English soil, at Headingley in 1983.