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| Full name: | Christopher Lance Cairns |
| Born: | 13th June 1970, Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand |
| Batting: | Right-hand batter |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Biography: | Appointed as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to cricket |
| Relations: | Father: BL Cairns; Uncle: BL Roberts |
| Teams: | New Zealand (Test: 1989/90-2004); New Zealand (ODI: 1990/91-2005/06); ICC World XI (ODI: 2004/05); New Zealand (International Twenty20: 2004/05-2005/06); Nottinghamshire (Main FC: 1988-2003); Nottinghamshire (Main ListA: 1988-2006); Northern Districts (Main ListA: 1988/89); Northern Districts (Main FC: 1988/89); Canterbury (Main FC: 1990/91-2005/06); Canterbury (Main ListA: 1990/91-2005/06); Canterbury (Main Twenty20: 2005/06); Nottinghamshire (Main Twenty20: 2008); New Zealand Young Cricketers (Under-19 Test: 1987/88-1989); New Zealand Young Cricketers (Under-19 ODI: 1987/88-1989); All teams |
| Nottinghamshire cap: 1993 | |
| The Cricket Society Wetherall Award for the Leading All-Rounder in English First-Class Cricket: 1995 | |
| Walter Lawrence Trophy winner: 1995 | |
| New Zealand Cricket Almanack Player of the Year: 1998, 1999, 2000 | |
| Canterbury benefit season: 1999/00 | |
| Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 2000 | |
| Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year: 2000 | |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| Articles: | IPL rejects Cairns application |
| New players register for IPL 2010 auction | |
| Oram spurred by press jibe | |
| No Bacup return for Cairns | |

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| Test Career Batting and Fielding (1989/90-2004) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| New Zealand | 62 | 104 | 5 | 3320 | 158 | 33.53 | 5 | 22 | 57.09 | 14 | |
| Test Career Bowling (1989/90-2004) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| New Zealand | 11698 | 414 | 6410 | 218 | 7-27 | 29.40 | 13 | 1 | 53.66 | 3.28 |
| ODI Career Batting and Fielding (1990/91-2005/06) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| New Zealand | 214 | 192 | 25 | 4881 | 115 | 29.22 | 4 | 25 | 83.76 | 66 | |
| ICC World XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 69 | 69.00 | 0 | 1 | 146.80 | 0 | |
| Overall | 215 | 193 | 25 | 4950 | 115 | 29.46 | 4 | 26 | 84.26 | 66 | |
| ODI Career Bowling (1990/91-2005/06) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| New Zealand | 8132 | 80 | 6557 | 200 | 5-42 | 32.78 | 3 | 1 | 40.66 | 4.83 |
| ICC World XI | 36 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 1-37 | 37.00 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 6.16 |
| Overall | 8168 | 80 | 6594 | 201 | 5-42 | 32.80 | 3 | 1 | 40.63 | 4.84 |
| International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2005/06) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | 1 | |
| International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2004/05-2005/06) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| New Zealand | 48 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 1-28 | 52.00 | 0 | 0 | 48.00 | 6.50 |
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1988-2005/06) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Overall | 217 | 341 | 38 | 10702 | 158 | 35.32 | 13 | 71 | 78 | |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1988-2005/06) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 34252 | 1164 | 18322 | 647 | 8-47 | 28.31 | 30 | 6 | 52.93 | 3.20 |
| List A Career Batting and Fielding (1988-2006) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| Overall | 425 | 377 | 59 | 10364 | 143 | 32.59 | 9 | 55 | 118 | |
| List A Career Bowling (1988-2006) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 16578 | 162 | 12711 | 455 | 6-12 | 27.93 | 15 | 6 | 36.43 | 4.60 |
| Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2004/05-2008) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| Overall | 14 | 14 | 2 | 176 | 50 | 14.66 | 0 | 1 | 118.12 | 5 | |
| Twenty20 Career Bowling (2004/05-2008) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Overall | 108 | 0 | 126 | 5 | 2-24 | 25.20 | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 7.00 |
| Under-19 Test Career Batting and Fielding (1987/88-1989) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| New Zealand Young Cricketers | 7 | 12 | 1 | 377 | 91 | 34.27 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Under-19 Test Career Bowling (1987/88-1989) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| New Zealand Young Cricketers | 1050 | 40 | 514 | 20 | 5-26 | 25.70 | 2 | 1 | 52.50 | 2.93 |
| Under-19 ODI Career Batting and Fielding (1987/88-1989) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| New Zealand Young Cricketers | 14 | 14 | 0 | 188 | 46 | 13.42 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Under-19 ODI Career Bowling (1987/88-1989) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| New Zealand Young Cricketers | 780 | 15 | 485 | 34 | 5-38 | 14.26 | 3 | 1 | 22.94 | 3.73 |
| Twenty20 Blast Career Batting and Fielding (2008) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| Nottinghamshire | 9 | 9 | 1 | 153 | 50 | 19.12 | 0 | 1 | 128.57 | 1 | |
| Super Smash Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06) | |||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | SRate | Ct | ||
| Canterbury | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 117.64 | 3 | |
| Super Smash Career Bowling (2005/06) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 4wI | 5wI | SRate | Econ | |
| Canterbury | 60 | 0 | 74 | 4 | 2-24 | 18.50 | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 7.40 |
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