Melbourne: The former Cricket New Zealand Chris Cairns is on the support of life at Canberra Hospital after recently collapsing with health problems in Australia, New Zealand media reported on Tuesday.
Cairns, 51, have undergone several operations after suffering heart problems but does not respond to treatment as expected, Newshub reports.
Newshub said Cairns suffered aorta dissection in his heart in Canberra last week.
Dissection of aorta torn in the body’s main arteries.
The New Zealand player union cannot comment immediately.
A spokesman for Cricket New Zealand said the board respected the rights of Cairn for privacy and refused to comment on the situation.
Cairns played 62 tests, 215 internationally one day and two matches twenty20 for New Zealand between 1989-2006 before becoming television experts.
Cairns is one of the best all-rounders of the ery, especially in shorter format.
Lance’s father also represents New Zealand in Cricket.
Cairns later became the subject of the accusation of improving matches in India as captain of Lions Chandigarh in the Indian Cricket League which did not work in 2008.
He denied mistakes and fighting with several legal battles to clear his name.