"It's all part of the fun," CD Stags coach Heinrich Malan said last night after he was conspicuous in his absence at stumps in Napier.
Malan was referring to having to rush off from the Plunket Shield match at Nelson Park after wife Jana gave birth to their second child, Janrich, a 2.9kg boy at 2.13pm on Wednesday.
"She had a Caesarian-section baby so it was planned as much around him as we could on when he was born," said the South African-born coach, who has a 3-year-old daughter, Mila.
"I rushed off yesterday [Wednesday] and spent the whole afternoon with mum and baby and then I was back on duty today."
The name of the baby is a combination of the parents' names (pronounced Yarnrick).