Cairns to play as specialist batsman after injury
Chris Cairns will not bowl during the forthcoming triangular one-day series involving New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan after aggravating an old side injury
Charlie Austin
09-May-2003
Chris Cairns will not bowl during the forthcoming triangular one-day series
involving New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan after aggravating an old side
injury.
Cairns strained his right side during a recent one-day match for
Nottinghamshire. He will play as a specialist batsman during the seven-match
tournament.
Cairns' side strain is the latest in a long list of injuries that have
plagued his career. He missed most of the last year after major
knee surgery and has struggled to regain full fitness since.
"It's frustrating," said Cairns. "I keep trying to come back all the time but my
problem is that I am coming back in a game and I am not giving myself enough
time in the nets.
"You always want to do a good job, be it for your country or county, but I
am not doing justice to myself by playing when I am not ready."
"I don't want to set a time frame on my recovery...I just want to make sure
that when I do bowl again in a game that I am fully fit."