Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns is paralysed in his legs after suffering a stroke in his spine following emergency heart surgery in Sydney.
As bein reported, the former Black Caps captain, 51, collapsed in Canberra three weeks ago, having suffered a massive heart attack which resulted in aortic dissection, or a tear in the inner layer of the body’s main artery.
His family in a statement on Friday said that Cairns suffered a stroke in his spine during life-saving emergency heart surgery in Sydney.