Cairns to return to Nottinghamshire
New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns is to return to English county Nottinghamshire in 2002 after agreeing a two-year contract.
Cairns has previously spent six seasons at Trent Bridge in three separate spells, the last in 1996.
The 31-year-old, who will replace Australian Greg Blewett as the county's overseas signing, is currently on tour with New Zealand in Australia following about a year on the sidelines with knee problems.
Nottinghamshire cricket manager Clive Rice said: "Chris is an out-and-out batsman and an out-and-out strike bowler rolled into one.
"He is a mirror image of what Richard Hadlee and myself aimed to be when we were playing for Notts."
Cairns is one of the few genuine all-rounders in world cricket, alongside the likes of South Africans Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis.
Mail Cricket Editor
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