Chris Cairns will surely remember the second Test against South Africa in Auckland for whole of his life.

He not only played a significant role in New Zealand's maiden Test victory over South Africa on home soil, but also earned himself a place among the top all-rounders in Test cricket history.

In the first innings, Cairns hit a career-best 158 off just 171 balls, with 18 fours and seven sixes. During the course of his innings he achieved a significant landmark by completing his 3000 runs in Test cricket.

He then achieved another landmark, with the ball. In claiming the wicket of Nicky Boje, caught behind in South Africa's second innings, he completed his 200th wicket in Test cricket.

Cairns thus became the second New Zealander and only the sixth all-rounder in Test cricket to complete the coveted double of 3000 runs and 200 wickets, and joined the ranks of West Indies' Gary Sobers, England's Ian Botham, India's Kapil Dev, Pakistan's Imran Khan and countryman Richard Hadlee.

It took Cairns only 58 Tests to complete his double. Only one player, England's Ian Botham, has completed the double in lesser Tests.

Cairns's performance in Test cricket:

Opponent	Tests	Runs	Hs	Ave	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Best	Ave	Ct
Australia	14	863	109	34.52	2623	1636	39	5/146	41.95	2
England	11	533	80	29.61	1962	1045	35	6/52	29.86	2
India	8	377	126	34.27	1296	698	19	4/44	36.74	-
Pakistan	5	249	93	24.90	917	593	16	5/137	37.06	4
South Africa	2	186	158	93.00	405	217	5	3/63	43.40	-
Sri Lanka	6	175	70	17.50	796	491	19	5/62	25.84	5
West Indies	2	103	72	51.50	510	169	17	7/27	9.94	1
Zimbabwe	8	480	124	43.64	2141	944	39	5/31	24.21	-
Bangladesh	2	84	48	42.00	302	159	13	7/53	12.23	-
TOTAL	58	3050	158	33.51	10952	5952	202	7/27	29.46	14

Leading all-rounders in Test cricket:

All-rounder	For	Tests	Runs	Hs	Ave	RC	Wkts	Best	Ave
GStA Sobers	WI	93	8032	365*	57.78	7999	235	6/73	34.04
Kapil Dev	Ind	131	5248	163	31.05	12867	434	9/83	29.65
IT Botham	Eng	102	5200	208	33.55	10878	383	8/34	28.40
Imran Khan	Pak	88	3807	136	37.69	8258	362	8/58	22.81
RJ Hadlee	NZ	86	3124	151*	27.17	9612	431	9/52	22.30
CL Cairns	NZ	58	3050	158	33.51	5952	202	7/27	29.46

Fastest to complete the double of 3000 runs and 200 wickets:

Tests	Allrounder	Country	Double completed
55	IT Botham	England	v Australia,Perth,1982-83
58	CL Cairns	New Zealand	v South Africa, Auckland, 2003-04
73	Kapil Dev	India	v Australia,Melbourne,1985-86
75	Imran Khan	Pakistan	v New Zealand, Auckland,1988-89
80	GStA Sobers	West Indies	v India, Bridgetown,1970-71
83	RJ Hadlee	New Zealand	v Australia, Wellington,1989-90