Cricket: Ryder, Bracewell handed bans
The pair defied team rules by drinking at a Napier bar after New Zealand’s One-Day International loss to South Africa
AUCKLAND:
New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder and paceman Doug Bracewell have been handed one-match bans for going out and drinking while recovering from injury and being goaded into a verbal slanging match with a patron at a local pub. The pair defied team rules by drinking at a Napier bar after New Zealand’s One-Day International loss to South Africa on Wednesday. “They went out after the match, breaking team protocols and as a consequence have compromised their preparation and neither player can be considered for the next match,” read the statement.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 2nd, 2012.
New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder and paceman Doug Bracewell have been handed one-match bans for going out and drinking while recovering from injury and being goaded into a verbal slanging match with a patron at a local pub. The pair defied team rules by drinking at a Napier bar after New Zealand’s One-Day International loss to South Africa on Wednesday. “They went out after the match, breaking team protocols and as a consequence have compromised their preparation and neither player can be considered for the next match,” read the statement.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 2nd, 2012.