Burgey
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Yeah very grim news indeed about his health. That's just a shocking thing to have happen to anyone.
I say this with all no disrespect to the Kiwi side of his time, but he was probably the one player of theirs I feared when they played Aus. Bond too, obviously but sadly he was rarely if ever fit. Cairns though was a genuine X factor player. Could play some blinding knocks when the mood took him and was a threat with the ball. I suppose the criticism of him back then was the mood didn't always take him often enough. But he was a genuinely test-standard fast bowling all-rounder, and they aren't exactly thick on the ground.
I say this with all no disrespect to the Kiwi side of his time, but he was probably the one player of theirs I feared when they played Aus. Bond too, obviously but sadly he was rarely if ever fit. Cairns though was a genuine X factor player. Could play some blinding knocks when the mood took him and was a threat with the ball. I suppose the criticism of him back then was the mood didn't always take him often enough. But he was a genuinely test-standard fast bowling all-rounder, and they aren't exactly thick on the ground.