Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Chris Cairns former New Zealand all-rounder diagnosed with bowel cancer

Chris Cairns

WELLINGTON: Chris Cairns, the legendary New Zealand cricketer, revealed on Saturday that he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer, a new health setback. Cairns was recently released from the hospital, five months after undergoing a life-saving heart procedure and then being paralysed by a stroke. “Another fight ahead but here’s hoping this one is a … Read more

Paralysed Kiwi cricket great Chris Cairns faces ‘greatest challenge’

Chris Cairns

New Zealand cricket great Chris Cairns Monday said he was “facing possibly the greatest challenge” of his life after being left paralysed following a stroke during a heart operation. The 51-year-old, one of the world’s top all-rounders in the early 2000s, underwent life-saving surgery last month when a tear developed in the lining of a … Read more