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Black Cap Jesse Ryder will be forced to do charity work for Christchurch Hospital's emergency department foundation as penance for abusing staff after the early morning incident on Sunday when he gashed his fist on a bar window.
Black Caps manager Lindsay Crocker said he had been contacted by the hospital's emergency department head with a complaint about the behaviour of Ryder, who had been abusive
and disrespectful to staff.
Ryder, who will be discharged from hospital today, had surgery yesterday to repair severed tendons on this thumb and forefinger of his right hand.
He is expected to be out of international cricket for at least three months.
The 23-year-old's right hand which was cut when he smashed a toilet window at The Stock X Change Bar in Cashel Street.
Ryder had been out celebrating New Zealand's 3-1 series win over England after Saturday's final match at AMI Stadium, in which he scored 24, when the incident occurred about 5.30am yesterday.
Black Caps manager Lindsay Crocker said Ryder had been drinking for three or four hours by the time he cut his hand and was the only player left at the bar, as far as he was aware.
"We suspect he'd had a few drinks but my best information at this time is he wasn't uncontrollably drunk," he said. "But he'd had a few drinks. They'd been out since half past one, two."
Crocker said Ryder broke the window while trying to force it so he could get into the toilet that had been accidentally locked.
The Stock X Change owner Anthony Bailey backed up that story.
"There was no real incident at all," Bailey said. "We just had a small broken window in the toilet, it was an accident. They weren't rolling drunk, there was no fight or anything."
However, Bailey could not explain how someone trying to open a louvre window could break the full pane of glass in between two sets of louvres.
Bailey said it was the third time the window, next to the smokers' area, had been broken.
Crocker said Ryder, who was hailed as a reformed character when selected for the Black Caps, would have to pay for the damage and apologise to Bailey.
"This behaviour is unacceptable and we will have a serious discussion with him to ensure situations like this do not occur in the future. Jesse has shown increasing maturity during the England series and we had been happy with his behaviour up to this point.
"However, in light of this event we shall ensure additional support is provided to Jesse."
Ryder required a reconstruction to the exterior tendon on his right index finger. A flap of skin from his hand has been placed over the healing tendon, and a skin graft from his inner arm, near the elbow, will replace the flap cut from his hand.
It is expected to be six weeks before he can begin light training and another six before he will be fit for competitive cricket, effectively ruling him out of the tour of England in May.
Auckland plastic surgeon Dr Martin Rees said Ryder's hand would be in a splint for six weeks as the tendon repaired itself, and he would then need a course of hand therapy to get full movement back into his finger.
The prodigiously talented Ryder has had a colourful career, leaving Central Districts under a cloud due to alcohol and discipline problems.
Last year he spoke of his frustration at not being selected for the Black Caps and flirted with playing for Ireland. He was selected in the Irish side and then failed to show for his debut game, thereby ensuring he was still eligible for New Zealand.
However, he made an immediate impact in his first one-day series with the Black Caps, averaging 49 against England and looked well on his way to becoming a cult hero with his belligerent play and old-fashioned build.
Black Cap Jesse Ryder will be forced to do charity work for Christchurch Hospital's emergency department foundation as penance for abusing staff after the early morning incident on Sunday when he gashed his fist on a bar window.
Black Caps manager Lindsay Crocker said he had been contacted by the hospital's emergency department head with a complaint about the behaviour of Ryder, who had been abusive
and disrespectful to staff.
Ryder, who will be discharged from hospital today, had surgery yesterday to repair severed tendons on this thumb and forefinger of his right hand.
He is expected to be out of international cricket for at least three months.
The 23-year-old's right hand which was cut when he smashed a toilet window at The Stock X Change Bar in Cashel Street.
Ryder had been out celebrating New Zealand's 3-1 series win over England after Saturday's final match at AMI Stadium, in which he scored 24, when the incident occurred about 5.30am yesterday.
Black Caps manager Lindsay Crocker said Ryder had been drinking for three or four hours by the time he cut his hand and was the only player left at the bar, as far as he was aware.
"We suspect he'd had a few drinks but my best information at this time is he wasn't uncontrollably drunk," he said. "But he'd had a few drinks. They'd been out since half past one, two."
Crocker said Ryder broke the window while trying to force it so he could get into the toilet that had been accidentally locked.
The Stock X Change owner Anthony Bailey backed up that story.
"There was no real incident at all," Bailey said. "We just had a small broken window in the toilet, it was an accident. They weren't rolling drunk, there was no fight or anything."
However, Bailey could not explain how someone trying to open a louvre window could break the full pane of glass in between two sets of louvres.
Bailey said it was the third time the window, next to the smokers' area, had been broken.
Crocker said Ryder, who was hailed as a reformed character when selected for the Black Caps, would have to pay for the damage and apologise to Bailey.
"This behaviour is unacceptable and we will have a serious discussion with him to ensure situations like this do not occur in the future. Jesse has shown increasing maturity during the England series and we had been happy with his behaviour up to this point.
"However, in light of this event we shall ensure additional support is provided to Jesse."
Ryder required a reconstruction to the exterior tendon on his right index finger. A flap of skin from his hand has been placed over the healing tendon, and a skin graft from his inner arm, near the elbow, will replace the flap cut from his hand.
It is expected to be six weeks before he can begin light training and another six before he will be fit for competitive cricket, effectively ruling him out of the tour of England in May.
Auckland plastic surgeon Dr Martin Rees said Ryder's hand would be in a splint for six weeks as the tendon repaired itself, and he would then need a course of hand therapy to get full movement back into his finger.
The prodigiously talented Ryder has had a colourful career, leaving Central Districts under a cloud due to alcohol and discipline problems.
Last year he spoke of his frustration at not being selected for the Black Caps and flirted with playing for Ireland. He was selected in the Irish side and then failed to show for his debut game, thereby ensuring he was still eligible for New Zealand.
However, he made an immediate impact in his first one-day series with the Black Caps, averaging 49 against England and looked well on his way to becoming a cult hero with his belligerent play and old-fashioned build.
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