Big-hitting batsman Jesse Ryder will miss the remainder of New Zealand's home summer program, including the upcoming tour by Australia.

Ryder, who will also miss the visit by Bangladesh, has suffered a recurrence of the groin strain that has sidelined him for most of the summer and will keep him out of international duty until at least the Twenty20 world championships in May.

New Zealand team physiotherapist Kate Stalker said Ryder had re-injured himself during sprint training recently, leaving him with no chance of being fit to face Bangladesh in their short tour starting on February 3, nor Australia, who begin their tour on February 26.

"He has some abdominal pain again. He hasn't re-injured it to the same extent he had in the past, but he's certainly tweaked it," Stalker told the New Zealand Herald.
"Biomechanical faults take a long time to sort out. It's not an overnight fix."

Ryder has played just one game since the Champions Trophy tournament in South Africa in September, when he suffered the adductor strain. The sole hitout was a short innings for Wellington B against

England under-19 in which he used a runner two weeks ago. It remains to be seen whether Ryder can fulfil his Indian Premier League commitments for his Royal Bangalore Challengers team beginning in March.

Left-hander Ryder has an average of 49.9 in 11 Tests and 35.4 in 21 one-day internationals.
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