Jesse Ryder Recalls Nothing of Attack
WELLINGTON: New Zealand cricket star Jesse Ryder told police Tuesday he has no memory of the vicious attack that left him critically injured in hospital last week.
The 28-year-old suffered serious head and lung injuries following the beating that prompted warnings for New Zealand's sports elite to be on their guard when out in public.
Ryder was punched and kicked as he left a bar in the South Island city of Christchurch early on Thursday morning after a night out drinking with his Wellington team-mates.
Although his condition has improved sufficiently for him to be moved out of the hospital intensive care unit, the last thing he remembers is being dismissed in a cricket match on Wednesday.
