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New Zealand cricket team to tour Pak in November
Islamabad, May 29: New Zealand cricket team would tour Pakistan in November this year to play five one-day internationals in lieu of the cancelled Test in May last year.
Islamabad, May 29: New Zealand cricket team would tour Pakistan in November this year to play five one-day internationals in lieu of the cancelled Test in May last year.
The series will be played in November and will be against a cancelled Test at Karachi in May 2002, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a press release today.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has accepted the offer and conveyed its consent to visit Pakistan in a letter by its cricket chief executive Martin Snedden.
"NZC agrees that the New Zealand team will visit Pakistan immediately after the conclusion of our tour of India to participate in a five-match ODI series," the letter said.
New zealand's two-match test series last year was cut short by a bomb explosion in a building adjacent to the team hotel in Karachi. It triggered off a long isolation for Pakistan, continuing till date, during which international teams refused to visit the country on security concerns.
"We are delighted with the news because it would open doors for international teams to resume tours to Pakistan more regularly. We are already hosting Bangladesh and South Africa between August and October but the tour by the Black Caps will be significant as they were the last team to come to Pakistan before their tour was curtailed because of reasons beyond PCB's control," PCB chief executive Rameez Raja said.
Bureau Report
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has accepted the offer and conveyed its consent to visit Pakistan in a letter by its cricket chief executive Martin Snedden.
"NZC agrees that the New Zealand team will visit Pakistan immediately after the conclusion of our tour of India to participate in a five-match ODI series," the letter said.
New zealand's two-match test series last year was cut short by a bomb explosion in a building adjacent to the team hotel in Karachi. It triggered off a long isolation for Pakistan, continuing till date, during which international teams refused to visit the country on security concerns.
"We are delighted with the news because it would open doors for international teams to resume tours to Pakistan more regularly. We are already hosting Bangladesh and South Africa between August and October but the tour by the Black Caps will be significant as they were the last team to come to Pakistan before their tour was curtailed because of reasons beyond PCB's control," PCB chief executive Rameez Raja said.
Bureau Report