Bernard Lance Cairns

Lance Cairns - one of the great hitters of the modern era.
Below are listed the details I've found on his fastest-scoring innings.

Principal source: various issues of the New Zealand Cricket Almanack

[1972-73][1974-75][1975-76][1976-77][1977-78] [1978][1978-79][1979-80]
[1980-81][1981-82] [1982-83][1983][1983-84][1984-85][1985-86]

1972-73 in New Zealand
Central Districts v Northern Districts	Dec 24-26	33 in 26 mins	1 x 6s, 3 x 4s
Central Districts v Otago	Dec 28-30	23 in 20 mins	1 x 6s, 3 x 4s

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1974-75 in New Zealand
Central Districts v Northern Districts	Jan 6-8	29 in 33 mins	1 x 6s, 3 x 4s
Central Districts v Otago	Jan 10-12	56 in 43 mins	2 x 6s, 5 x 4s
Rest v New Zealand XI	Feb 7-9	32 in 15 mins	2 x 6s, 4 x 4s
New Zealand v England Test 2	Feb 28-Mar 5	39 in 51 mins	1 x 6s, 4 x 4s

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1975-76 in New Zealand
Central Districts v Wellington	Dec 19-21	75 in 48 mins	3 x 6s, 10 x 4s
Central Districts v Otago	Jan 4-6	65 in 40 mins	2 x 6s, 9 x 4s
Central Districts v Indians	Jan 15-17	58 in 86 mins	3 x 6s, ? x 4s
Central Districts v Auckland	Jan 31-Feb 2	92 in 90 mins	5 x 6s, 8 x 4s

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1976-77 in New Zealand
Otago v Northern Districts	Jan 3-5	50 off 33 balls in 39 mins	3 x 6s, 4 x 4s
Otago v Auckland	Jan 7-9	61 in 79 mins	? x 6s, ? x 4s
Otago v Central Districts	Jan 28-31	78 in 128 mins	4 x 6s, 4 x 4s

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1977-78 in New Zealand
Otago v Central Districts	Jan 3-5	38 in 37 mins	3 x 6s, ? x 4s
Otago v Northern Districts	Jan 7-9	25 in 32 mins	2 x 6s, ? x 4s

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1978 in England
(on tour) New Zealanders v TN Pearce's XI (1st inns)	Sept 2-5	41 in 42 mins	4 x 6s, 3 x 4s
(on tour) New Zealanders v TN Pearce's XI (2nd inns)	Sept 2-5	37 in 36 mins	2 x 6s, 3 x 4s

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1978-79 in New Zealand
Otago v Canterbury	Dec 26-28	70 in 108 mins	5 x 6s, 7 x 4s
New Zealand v Pakistan Test 1	Feb 2-7	23* in 27 mins	1 x 6, 4 x 4s
Otago v Central Districts	Mar 9-12	27 in 36 mins	2 x 6s, 3 x 4s

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1979-80 in New Zealand
Otago v Wellington (1st inns)	Jan 8-10	110 off 51 balls in 59 mins	9 x 6s, 11 x 4s
Otago v Wellington (2nd inns)	Jan 8-10	23 in 19 mins	2 x 6s, 2 x 4s
New Zealand v West Indies Test 1	Feb 8-13	30 in 36 mins	3 x 6, ? x 4s

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1980-81 in Australia
(on tour) New Zealanders v NSW	Jan 24-26	68 in 39 mins	7 x 6s, 2 x 4s

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1981-82 in New Zealand
Northern Districts v Otago	Dec 27-29	58 in 55 mins	3 x 6s, 4 x 4s
Northern Districts v Wellington	Jan 6-8	25 in 30 mins	1 x 6, 2 x 4s
Northern Districts v Auckland (1st inns)	Jan 12-14	38 in 26 mins	1 x 6s, 5 x 4s
Northern Districts v Auckland (2nd inns)	Jan 12-14	29 in 19 mins	2 x 6s, 1 x 4
New Zealand v Australia Test 2	Mar 12-16	34 in 33 mins	2 x 6s, 3 x 4s

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1982-83 in New Zealand
Northern Districts v Wellington	Dec 27-29	77* off 68 balls	5 x 6s, 7 x 4s
Northern Districts v Otago	Jan 1-3	58 off 64 balls	1 x 6, 7 x 4s
New Zealand v Sri Lanka Test 2	Mar 11-15	45 off 50 balls	2 x 6s, 3 x 4s

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1983 in England
New Zealanders v Somerset	Jul 2-4	60 off 29 balls	4 x 6s, 7 x 4s
New Zealand v England Test 1	Jul 14-18	32 off 20 balls	4 x 6s, 1 x 4
New Zealanders v Worcestershire	Jul 20-22	29 off 17 balls	2 x 6s, 2 x 4s
New Zealand v England Test 2	Jul 28-Aug 1	24 off 21 balls	2 x 6s, 1 x 4
New Zealanders v Essex	Aug 17-19	25 off 13 balls	1 x 6, 3 x 4s
New Zealand v England Test 4	Aug 25-29	26 off 26 balls	5 x 4s

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1983-84 in New Zealand
Northern Districts v Central Districts	Dec 15-17	53 off 62 balls	9 x 4s
Northern Districts v Wellington	Dec 27-29	36 off 11 balls	3 x 6s, 3 x 4s
Northern Districts v Otago	Jan 5-7	22 off 23 balls	1 x 6, 2 x 4
Northern Districts v Auckland	Jan 10-12	35 off 54 balls	1 x 6, 4 x 4s

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1984-85 in New Zealand & West Indies
Northern Districts v Otago	Jan 7-9	89 off 88 balls	4 x 6s, 8 x 4s
(on tour) New Zealanders v President's XI	Apr 19-21	52* off 36 balls	2 x 6s, 8 x 4s

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1985-86 in Australia
(on tour) New Zealanders v South Australia	Oct 26-29	25 off 24 balls	2 x 6s, 1 x 4

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