A Kiwi rapper has caused anger by suggesting Jesse Ryder may have provoked the attack that left him with a fractured skull and punctured lung.
The 28-year-old cricketer was attacked outside a Merivale bar in Christchurch on Thursday morning.
He suffered critical injuries but has since improved and been moved out of Christchurch Hospital's intensive care into a ward.
Following the attack, rapper Scribe tweeted to his more than 4000 followers saying: "I'd like to know what Jesse Ryder did or said. Cantabrians don't beat people up for no reason #Crusader."
He followed this by two more tweets saying he genuinely wanted to know what happened and when people aren't humble and look for trouble they tend to find it, RadioLive reported.
