Cricket: New Zealand's Cairns not sure he will walk again after spinal stroke


  • Cricket
  • Friday, 03 Dec 2021

FILE PHOTO: Former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns leaves Southwark crown court in London October 16, 2014. Cairns appeared at court on Thursday charged with perjury relating to libel action against Lalit Modi in 2012. REUTERS/Neil Hall

(Reuters) - Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns said he is not sure if he will walk again but that he is lucky to be alive after suffering a spinal stroke following life-saving treatment for a torn artery in August.

The stroke left the 51-year-old paralysed from the waist down.

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