Chris Cairns, once a formidable name in world cricket, with a reputation of winning impossible matches, with both the bat and bowl, today faces the most arduous obstacles in life.He has often been observed driving council trucks and cleaning bus shelters for merely $17 an hour. He resides along with his wife at a posh suburb in Auckland.News gradually arrives, but it only immures them into further damnation
The prolific all rounder, who today faces a perjury trial for having allegedly made false statements regarding cheating in cricket in a libel trial, has become bankrupt and all his wealth forfeited, has been scoffed and derided in public for his unscrupulous actions but has gently evaded the scenes.
Most of his teammates have refuted any comments regarding the issue and the board has also rejected any action before the case transpires.However former New Zealand pacer and teammate Dion Nash has outrightly spoken in the defence o his former teammate, expressing faith in him, saying that he could never betray like that, a fact in the cognizance of most of his former teammates.
Nash, who has a great amount of empathy for Cairns, condoned the malignant impact of ludicrous amounts of money that the sport has been bestowed with now, and its utter misuse.He also iterated that he had not been a saint himself and that everybody deserved a second chance.