Beware the agony of Cairns

Richard Boock warns against writing off Chris Cairns, who was recently dropped for the South African tour, and writes: "Cairns might be in the autumn of his career, but he remains a cut above most domestic practitioners."

The key, though, according to Boock, is whether Cairns can convince the selectors that he's a better bowler than Kyle Mills and James Franklin, or batsmen than Craig McMillan, Hamish Marshall and Lou Vincent.