Cairns' final outing for Black Caps

Chris Cairns. Pictures / Getty Images, Herald file

Chris Cairns makes his final appearance for the Black Caps in the Twenty20 match against the West Indies at Eden Park tonight.

He will be in the retro beige shirt favoured by New Zealand for the short version of the game, but captain Stephen Fleming says it will not be a festival game for Cairns.

Fleming said his team would be going out to win and joked that Cairns had spent most of the week on media and publicity events.