In a career spanning 15-years, Cairns has had more than his fair share of nagging injuries with a delicate knee and a fragile back troubling him most. But he has fought his way back every time and at 34, has decided it's time to start concentrating on one version of the game -- one-day international cricket -- in a bid to prolong his career.

One of the hardest hitters of the game and a wily fast-medium bowler, Cairns has already targeted the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies as a perfect stage to bow out of the game.

"I want to play in the 2007 World Cup. Not too many cricketers have appeared in five consecutive World Cups so that's my target," said Cairns while talking to an enthusiastic bunch of reporters eager to hear from New Zealand cricket's biggest superstar in Chittagong yesterday

"I have gone under the knives many times. That's why I thought that if I play in ODIs only, that would put less pressure on my body. Besides, I've had 15-years of Test cricket and I think I've achieved most things I had wanted. I don't have any regrets," elaborated Cairns who retired from Tests after the England series last summer having scored 3320 runs and taken 218 wickets from 62 matches, making him only the sixth cricketer to achieve the all-rounder's double of 3,000 runs and 200-wickets.

With his stars still shining, Cairns believed there were only a couple of contenders who could take over the mantle in the future.

"There are only two genuine all-rounders among the present cricketers -- Andrew Flintoff and Jacob Oram," declared Cairns before explaining. "Say a player has a bowling aggregate of 28 and averages over 30 in batting, to me he is a real all-rounder."

Cairns had surpassed West Indian great Sir Vivian Richards' mark of clubbing the most number of sixes in Test cricket and he will surely relish the prospect of closing in on the same record in ODIs with the three-match one-day series against Bangladesh starting tomorrow in the Port city.

The Canterbury player, whose explosive genes have been passed on from his all-rounder father Lance Cairns, arrived in Dhaka just after the end of the first Test and accompanied his teammates to Chittagong. Having witnessed the second Test from the dressing room, Cairns was in a perfect position to analyse his opponents.

"The performance of Bangladesh in the Tests has disappointed me. Their morale is obviously not that high because of the huge defeats," Cairns observed.

"They have to work really hard to make a comeback. There is no alternative to hard work if you want to achieve success or wish to perform better. New Zealand always takes the game very seriously and plays professionally under any given condition and against any team. This is an aspect which I didn't notice in the Bangladesh team or their players."

Cairns however, was impressed with Bangladesh left-arm spinner Mohammad Rafique whom he rated as the best player in the home side.