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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Lance Cairns
| Lance Cairns made his Test debut in Adelaide in January 1974, as a medium pace bowler and No. 11 batsman. New Zealand were hammered by an innings and 57 runs. What was Cairns' contribution? | Memorable Moments - Lance Cairns
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2 wickets, 4 runs. Cairns took 2/73 in Australia's innings of 477, and scored 4 not out and 0 in New Zealand's two innings. Not a spectacular start to his Test career!
He bowled with his "wrong" foot forward. His action was strange, but it brought results! He took 130 Test wickets in his 43 Tests.
| The first time Cairns took six wickets in an innings was against the West Indies in Christchurch in 1980. For what reason is this match remembered? | Memorable Moments - Lance Cairns
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The West Indies team protested against umpiring decisions. On the third day, the West Indies were so incensed by umpire Fred Goodall's decisions, that they refused to come out for the post-tea session until he was replaced. They relented after a delay of 11 minutes. On the fourth day Windies bowler Colin Croft knocked off the bails and then deliberately bumped into umpire Goodall's back, nearly knocking him over.
| In the Second Test against England at Headingly, Leeds in 1983, Cairns was instrumental in New Zealand's decisive 5 wicket victory. What unusual aspects surrounded this game? | Memorable Moments - Lance Cairns
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All of these (All 20 wickets in the two England innings were taken by bowlers whose surnames started with 'C', This match was New Zealand's first Test win in England, Cairns' bowling figures were 10/144). Despite New Zealand's top bowler being Richard Hadlee, the wickets were shared by Cairns (10), Ewen Chatfield (6) and Jeremy Coney (4). It was New Zealand's first Test win in England.
He scored a 50 and took 7 England wickets. In England's first innings of 463, Cairns took 7 of the first 8 wickets to fall (the other was a runout), and finished with figures of 45 overs 10 maidens 7/143. Then when NZ batted a second time, he made his top Test score of 64, and figured in a 9th wicket partnership of 118 with Jeremy Coney.
| Cairns hit his highest ODI score against England in a match on 17 July 1978 at Old Trafford. What was his score, and how many sixes did he hit? | Memorable Moments - Lance Cairns
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60, 4. New Zealand were 85/6 when Cairns came out to bat. He faced 43 balls, hit four 6's and four 4's and was last out at 192. NZ lost by 126 runs.
| The so-called World Series Cup of 1983 featured Australia, New Zealand and England. On 29 January, New Zealand beat England by 4 wickets in one of the most exciting finishes imaginable. Who top scored for New Zealand? | Memorable Moments - Lance Cairns
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Richard Hadlee. Sorry, it was Hadlee! Although Cairns hit 49 off 24 balls including three 6's and four 4's, he didn't top score, but his quick-fire runs probably did the most to ensure the victory. Hadlee scored 79 off 64 balls, Coney 47* off 51 and Crowe 50 off 66. New Zealand won with just 7 balls left.
4/16. With Cairns bowling 10 overs, 4 maidens and taking 4/16, Australia were never in the hunt chasing 227 for victory and lost by 47 runs.
| The innings that Lance Cairns is best remembered for was the one at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against Australia in 1983 when he hit Rodney Hogg for 6 with only one hand holding the bat! How many runs did Cairns score? | Memorable Moments - Lance Cairns
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52. Only 52 runs, but off only 25 balls. Cairns smashed six 6's and one 4 and scored 52 of the 59 runs scored while he was at the crease. However, NZ were well beaten that day.
Yes. Against Sri Lanka in 1984, he scored 40* off 26 balls (three 6's and four 4's) and then took 2/14 off seven overs, to win his only Man of the Match award.
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