Chris Cairns on life support in Australia after collapsing with heart problem

Former New Zealand cricket all-rounder Chris Cairns is on life support at a Canberra hospital after recently collapsing with a health problem in Australia

Former New Zealand all-rounder, Chris Cairns, who remains to be one of the finest all-rounders, is on life support at a Canberra hospital after recently collapsing with a health problem in Australia Cairns, 51, suffered an aortic dissection, which is a tear inside the body’s main artery, in Canberra last week. A New Zealand Cricket spokesman said the board was respecting Cairns' right to privacy and declined to comment on the situation.