: Cricket: NZ cricket great Chris Cairns off life support #IndiaNEWS New Zealand cricket legend Chris Cairns has been taken off life support and his condition is improving after a major heart scare,

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Cricket: NZ cricket great Chris Cairns off life support #IndiaNEWS
New Zealand cricket legend Chris Cairns has been taken off life support and his condition is improving after a major heart scare, a family spokesman said Friday.Cairns, 51, one of the world’s top all-rounders in the early 2000s, was rushed to Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital this month and placed in intensive care in a specialist cardiac unit.He was reported to have suffered an aortic dissection, which is a tear in the inner layer of the body’s main artery.The cricketer’s lawyer Aaron Lloyd on Friday shared what he said was “great news� about Cairns. “I’m pleased to say that Chris is off life support and has been able to communicate with his family,� Lloyd posted on social media. “They are thankful for all of the support and well wishes from everyone, and ask for continued privacy.�A hospital spokesman said Cairns’ condition had improved from “serious but stable� to “stable�.Cairns played 62 Tests between 1989 and 2004, averaging 29.4 with the ball and 33.53 with the bat, including 87 sixes – a world record at the time.However, his on-field achievements were overshadowed by match-fixing allegations, strongly denied by Cairns, that resulted in two court cases.Cairns was cleared on both occasions but complained his reputation had been “scorched� regardless....Read more

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