NZ cricket great Chris Cairns walks without crutches for first time in major recovery milestone

NZ cricket great Chris Cairns has shared his latest milestone on his road to recovery.

Cairns took to social media on Monday to post a video showing him walking for the first time without crutches, as he continues his rehabilitation from a heart attack suffered.

In August 2021, he suffered a major heart attack at his Canberra home and was transferred to intensive care at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital.

He became paralysed from the waist down, after suffering a stroke during surgery and six months later, he revealed he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer during a routine check-up.

The 53-year-old has since undergone four open-heart surgeries and has since used crutches and a wheelchair to get around.

"Believing…always believing…c-brace," Cairns wrote in the caption accompanying the video.

Cairns - who has been regularly sharing his progress via social media - added the captions "steady as she blows old boy" and "just keep f**king going going every day".

Cairns played 279 matches for New Zealand across test, one-day and Twenty20 formats during his 17-year international career.

After his retirement, he rejected accusations of match-fixing and successfully sued former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi for libel.

NZ cricket great Chris Cairns has shared his latest milestone on his road to recovery.

Cairns took to social media on Monday to post a video showing him walking for the first time without crutches, as he continues his rehabilitation from a heart attack suffered.

In August 2021, he suffered a major heart attack at his Canberra home and was transferred to intensive care at Sydney's St Vincent's Hospital.

He became paralysed from the waist down, after suffering a stroke during surgery and six months later, he revealed he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer during a routine check-up.

The 53-year-old has since undergone four open-heart surgeries and has since used crutches and a wheelchair to get around.

"Believing…always believing…c-brace," Cairns wrote in the caption accompanying the video.

Cairns - who has been regularly sharing his progress via social media - added the captions "steady as she blows old boy" and "just keep f**king going going every day".

Cairns played 279 matches for New Zealand across test, one-day and Twenty20 formats during his 17-year international career.

After his retirement, he rejected accusations of match-fixing and successfully sued former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi for libel.

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