Cairns worried by blow on head
PA Auckland Lance Cairns returned to New Zealand yesterday with fears that a blow on the head last February is causing his dizzy spells. He was stunned by a sickening crack on the head from a ball bowled by the Pakistani pace man, Wasim Akram, in the third cricket test in Dunedin. Cairns, with wife Angela, left the New Zealand team on the eve of the fourth and final test being played in Kingston, Jamaica.
The 35-year-old all-roun-der was to see a specialist in Hamilton today. “The dizzy spells came on all of a sudden and no one has yet been able to come up with a reason for them,” Cairns explained at Auckland International Airport yesterday morning before returning to his home in Tek Puke. “But I can’t help feeling they could be connected with the hit on the head I received in Dunedin. That’s my biggest worry.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19850508.2.221
Bibliographic details
Press, 8 May 1985, Page 76
Word Count
155Cairns worried by blow on head Press, 8 May 1985, Page 76
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in