da cassino： Chris Cairns will not bowl during the forthcoming triangular one-day seriesinvolving New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan after aggravating an old sideinjury
Charlie Austin09-May-2003Chris Cairns will not bowl during the forthcoming triangular one-day seriesinvolving New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan after aggravating an old sideinjury.Cairns strained his right side during a recent one-day match forNottinghamshire. He will play as a specialist batsman during the seven-matchtournament.Cairns’ side strain is the latest in a long list of injuries that haveplagued his career. He missed most of the last year after majorknee surgery and has struggled to regain full fitness since."It’s frustrating," said Cairns. “I keep trying to come back all the time but myproblem is that I am coming back in a game and I am not giving myself enoughtime in the nets."You always want to do a good job, be it for your country or county, but Iam not doing justice to myself by playing when I am not ready.""I don’t want to set a time frame on my recovery…I just want to make surethat when I do bowl again in a game that I am fully fit."