Ryder the 'bad boy' again

At what point does New Zealand Cricket say, "Enough, Jesse"? Or should they? Why not accept that the Wellington lefthander is a different case, punish him when he breaks the rules but keep the faith? asks David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald.

NZC have tried to keep Ryder on track. They recognise what he can do for New Zealand on the field. His test average of 49.88 is the best of all New Zealand batsmen with a minimum of 20 innings. There is also a milk of human kindness aspect, in that it is right they try to help someone in their wider family who has his problems. But when NZC's general manager Geoff Allott said Ryder "clearly understands we will not tolerate a repetition of this type of behaviour" and confirmed that another similar incident would terminate his contract, it seems a line has been drawn.

Jonathan Millmow is more scathing in his assessment of the situation in the Dominion Post.

Jesse Ryder needs to be made to sing for his supper. His lucrative national contract should be ripped up and he should be placed on match payments. If he's fit and in form, he plays and gets paid. If he gets pissed he doesn't. Everyone's tired of Ryder. His team-mates, New Zealand Cricket, us.