Chris Cairns was one of the best all-rounder players in the history of cricket but now he has no other option left except driving trucks and cleaning bus shelters.

After retiring from the game he started working as a diamond merchant in Dubai in 2010 and got engaged to Australian Mel Croser. Two years later he made some money in a libel case when he sued former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi.

But in 2013 match-fixing allegations rose around his name and he had to bear the expenses for the legal costs. To make both ends meet Cairns took to cleaning bus shelters. Later in 2014, he was charged with perjury in England.

Cairns as a cricketer had scored 3320 runs from 62 Tests and bagged 218 wickets. In One-Dayers he had 4950 runs and 201 wickets from 215 outings.

He retired from cricket in 2006 due to a chronic knee problem but since then, life has been tough for Cairns. He was caught up in a perjury trial in relation to his libel trial in 2012 against Lalit Modi, the founder of the IPL. Following the court cases, he was seen working in bus shelters and driving trucks for the Auckland Municipal Council as well as working in a bar. Cairns' situation is a bad one and it is still going on.

The Kiwi all-rounder has been reportedly driving trucks, cleaning bus shelters for $17 an hour.

Cairns' former team-mate Dion Nash said, "He's trying really hard and supporting his family the best way he can. He's not moping around, he's showing guts and doing hard work by cleaning bus shelters."

Cairns' former team-mate, Lou Vincent, who was banned for life earlier this year, has alleged that a world-famous international dubbed 'Player X' lured him into a murky world of corruption that included offers of cash and sex to rig matches.

Cairns himself has said he believes he is the player Vincent was referring to but questioned his accuser's credibility, describing the allegations he faces as 'absurd, bizarre and scary'.

He is one of only 12 players in Test history of Cricket to score the all-rounders' double of 200 wickets and 3,000 runs.