About Lance Cairns
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. 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. New Zealand scored a world record 297–6, in beating England's 296–5.
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