Let's just hope that this time, the message sinks in, because at his best, Jesse Ryder is a fantastic cricketer.
Has Jesse Ryder reached the end of the road with New Zealand Cricket? Stuff reports:
Jesse Ryder's cricket career is hanging by a thread after he tumbled off the wagon in Napier.
The gifted, but troubled New Zealand batsman broke a self-imposed alcohol ban after a second-ball duck in the second one-day international at McLean Park on Wednesday night.
He and team-mate Doug Bracewell were reprimanded by team management for "unacceptable behaviour", and neither will be considered for game three of the one-day internationals against South Africa in Auckland on Saturday.
Due to concerns over his fitness and form, and after Ryder's latest off-field incident, the Wellington 27-year-old won't be considered for the test squad to play against the Proteas, to be announced today.
Jesse Ryder is the infant terrible of New Zealand cricket. He is naturally gifted with superb eye-hand coordination, and has a wonderful range of shots. But he also has a liking to late nights and a drink or several, and has been at the centre of a number of alcohol-fuelled incidents.
It's disturbing too that Ryder was not alone on Wednesday night, and that Doug Bracewell accompanied him out on the town. Bracewell is another talented youngster with a huge future in the game, and it would be tragic to see him head down a path to self-destruction so early in his cricketing career.
Jesse Ryder is at yet another crossroads; how often will NZC excuse his breaches of team discipline? We had hoped that with boxing trainer Billy Graham mentoring him that these kinds of incidents would have become a thing of the past for Ryder, but sadly, that seems not to be the case. New NZC CEO David White has an interesting challenge ahead of him.
4 comments:
Ryder, fat and on the suds has a far better record than Ryder, the PC version.
Just sayin'.
So glad that you didn't say it was bad because he should be a role model. I heard that at length this morning on the radio. He was selected to play cricket - not be the moral compas of the country.
I quite agree Lisa. That said, he is contracted to NZ Cricket, and like any employee has an obligation not to bring his employer into disrepute. Then again, some would argue that NZC does not have a reputation to be disreputed!
What Tinman said with the addition that Doug Walters and Punter Ponting did not have too many problems scoring runs after a night on the turps.
You may be wrong on the `out on the town bit' - as I understand it they were in the bar of the team hotel but that is hearsay not confirmed.
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