WELLINGTON: Former New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has recovered from a vicious assault and is eager to resume playing cricket, hoping that a move to Otago from Wellington will reinvigorate his international career, his manager said yesterday.
The burly left-hander was beaten up outside a Christchurch bar in March, an attack that left him in a coma with a fractured skull. Two men were charged with assault and have pleaded not guilty.
“At some point, Jesse needs to get back into international cricket,” Ryder’s manager Aaron Klee told the Otago Daily Times. “He just needed some time to sort himself out. We’re getting close to that point.
“After what happened in Christchurch, we realised there wasn’t much point sitting around. It’s time to get back on the horse and get the career charging again.
“All going well, it won’t take him that long to get back into international cricket.”
Klee said Ryder had been working hard on his fitness but was still suffering some effects of the head injury. REUTERS
