Cricket-Former NZ all-rounder Cairns faces 'long road to recovery' after spinal stroke


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  • Sunday, 19 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: Former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns leaves Southwark Crown Court in London, Britain November 30, 2015. Cairns was cleared by a London court on Monday of perjury and perverting the course of justice relating to a libel case three years ago. REUTERS/Philip Brown/File Photo

(Reuters) - Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns said he faces a "long road to recovery" after a spinal stroke that left his legs paralysed following emergency heart surgery last month.

Cairns, 51, initially underwent surgery in Canberra for an aortic dissection before being moved to Sydney for further treatment.

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