Chris Cairns Quotations

There have been some outstanding individual efforts on this tour, but collectively it's been great,

I just have to make sure that I keep going.

The pride's been dented, of course, but I've had time to come to terms with it. There's two ways; I can either fight it or say goodbye, and I'm not done yet.

Without his scalpel and his expertise, I would never have achieved what I did on the park.

First and foremost, I felt it was time that I spent more time with my family,

There's no point in trying to up-play the Zimbabwean effort. I thought they were dreadful to be honest,

I have two young boys and a wonderfully supportive partner who I would like to spend more time with.

I thought their application was non-existent and I'm not quite sure what sort of state they're in.

When we get a top side we are pretty good and we will have a chance to measure ourselves in the next six months when we play against sides such as Australia. Potentially we remain a very good side.

My ego's bruised but I've climbed too many hills for this to be the end,