New Zealand player Jesse Ryder suspended from first class cricket

New Zealand player Jesse Ryder suspended from first class cricket: New Zealand cricketer Jesse Ryder, once touted as a World Cup match-winner for the Kiwis, has been suspended from the final round of New Zealand’s domestic competition after admitting a charge of serious dissent while playing for Otago against Northern Districts last weekend.

Reports said Ryder unleashed a barrage of abuse after given caught behind and there was damage to a changing room following his tirade. “Ryder did not dispute a charge of serious dissent, including the use of offensive language,” New Zealand cricket said in a statement following a disciplinary hearing on Thursday.”He was subsequently suspended, subject to appeal, from playing in the 10th round of the Plunket Shield.”

Ryder has not played for the Black Caps since February last year when he went on a late-night drinking session in Auckland before the start of a Test series against India. Often a match-winner for New Zealand on the field has had numerous off-field issues involving alcohol.

Even the great Shane Warne said that if New Zealand were to win the World Cup “Jesse Ryder has to be part of it, for sure”. Ryder was handed a lifeline when selectors included him in the New Zealand A squad to tour the United Arab Emirates.

Jesse Ryder was in tremendous form at the time while Martin Guptill was struggling and Brendon McCullum was batting down the order. Though Ryder said he was keen to regain his place in the national side he he pulled out of the A squad citing personal reasons just days after going AWOL and missing a domestic Twenty20 match. He was then counted out of the reckoning for the New Zealand side which has gone on to make the final of the World Cup.