Name: Jesse Ryder

Playing Style: Left-hand bat/Right-arm medium bowl

Nickname: Dija

Secondary School Attended: Napier Boys High School

Club: Naenae

Earliest Cricket Memory: Carterton Cricket 7a team

Most memorable cricket moment: 201 v India for BLACKCAPS

The non-cricketing sports person or team I most admire: Melbourne Storm

If I wasn’t a Firebird I’d be… Game tester!

Favourite superhero: Maui

In my spare time I like to… Box/Playstation

My favourite song is… Clique (Jay-Z, Kanye West)

My signature dish is… Roast Pork

My favourite movie is… Remember the Titans

Chores as kid: Dishes, lawn

My favourite food is… Chicken

Favourite school subject: Home time or P.E.

Worst school subject: Maths, English

Do you have any pets? No

If I could have anything, I would want… a Mustang

The biggest influence on my cricketing career is… Billy Graham

Something you didn’t know about me is… I’m Maori