The agent for Jesse Ryder says the former Black Cap is back on his feet and making remarkable progress after being assaulted.
Ryder is recovering in Christchurch Hospital from a collapsed lung and fractured skull, after being attacked near a bar in Merivale the early hours of Thursday morning.
His manager, Aaron Klee, said on Monday the 28-year-old cricketer was walking and talking.
Mr Klee said Ryder did not remember the incident but could remember the day before it and the match he played in.
Ryder came out of a drug induced coma on Saturday and was shifted from intensive care into a general ward at Christchurch Hospital on Sunday afternoon.
In a statement on Sunday, Ryder said he felt better but was still tired.
Ryder said he had been reading messages of support people had sent him and thanked them and the staff caring for him.
He also thanked his friends and family who had been with him at the hospital.
Police have charged two men, aged 20 and 37, with assault.
