Black Caps tour of Pakistan
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2.30pm The entire tour has been abandoned.
According to an NZC release: "The side was to play Pakistan this evening in the first of three ODIs in Rawalpindi, before moving to Lahore for a five match T20 series. However, following an escalation in the New Zealand Government threat levels for Pakistan, and advice from NZC security advisors on the ground, it has been decided the BLACKCAPS will not continue with the tour.
Arrangements are now being made for the team's departure.
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@donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of Pakistan:
Off altogether. Just on cricinfo:
2.30pm The entire tour has been abandoned.
WTF, that can't be covid related if that is the case.
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@donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of Pakistan:
2.30pm The entire tour has been abandoned.
According to an NZC release: "The side was to play Pakistan this evening in the first of three ODIs in Rawalpindi, before moving to Lahore for a five match T20 series. However, following an escalation in the New Zealand Government threat levels for Pakistan, and advice from NZC security advisors on the ground, it has been decided the BLACKCAPS will not continue with the tour.
Arrangements are now being made for the team's departure.
Link?
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@donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of Pakistan:
Off altogether. Just on cricinfo:
2.30pm The entire tour has been abandoned.
I can't see it on cricinfo
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@canefan said in Black Caps tour of Pakistan:
@donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of Pakistan:
2.30pm The entire tour has been abandoned.
According to an NZC release: "The side was to play Pakistan this evening in the first of three ODIs in Rawalpindi, before moving to Lahore for a five match T20 series. However, following an escalation in the New Zealand Government threat levels for Pakistan, and advice from NZC security advisors on the ground, it has been decided the BLACKCAPS will not continue with the tour.
Arrangements are now being made for the team's departure.
Link?
It's on Cric Info:
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/new-zealand-in-pakistan-2021-1272192/pakistan-vs-new-zealand-1st-odi-1272196/ball-by-ball-commentary -
It's on Stuff now but without any useful details:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/black-caps/126423424/black-caps-vs-pakistan-tour-abandoned-due-to-government-security-alert -
A couple of interesting Tweets:
Edit, similar to what's on the Cricinfo match feed:
This is from the PCB: "Earlier today, the New Zealand cricket board informed us that they had been alerted to some security alert and have unilaterally decided to postpone the series.
"PCB and Govt of Pakistan made fool proof security arrangements for all visiting teams. We have assured the New Zealand cricket board of the same. The Prime Minister spoke personally to the Prime Minister of New Zealand and informed her that we have one of the best Intelligence systems in the world and that no security threat of any kind exists for the visting team.
"The security officials with the NZ team have been satisfied with security arrangements made by the Govt of Pakistan throughout their stay here. PCB is willing to continue the scheduled matches. However, cricket lovers in Pakistan and world over will be disappointed by this last minute withdrawal."
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Will they get spots in MIQ at short notice...
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@donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of Pakistan:
A couple of interesting Tweets:
Edit, similar to what's on the Cricinfo match feed:
This is from the PCB: "Earlier today, the New Zealand cricket board informed us that they had been alerted to some security alert and have unilaterally decided to postpone the series.
"PCB and Govt of Pakistan made fool proof security arrangements for all visiting teams. We have assured the New Zealand cricket board of the same. The Prime Minister spoke personally to the Prime Minister of New Zealand and informed her that we have one of the best Intelligence systems in the world and that no security threat of any kind exists for the visting team.
"The security officials with the NZ team have been satisfied with security arrangements made by the Govt of Pakistan throughout their stay here. PCB is willing to continue the scheduled matches. However, cricket lovers in Pakistan and world over will be disappointed by this last minute withdrawal."
Yeah that doesn't ring particularly true
Edit: i mean the bolded bit in the last spoiler
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What the hell were they doing in Pakistan anyway? It's just a hotbed of Islamic terrorism, you couldn't pay me enough to go there as an unknown tourist let alone a high profile athlete.
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Ironically, our next scheduled fixture is vs Pakistan in our first T20 World Cup game in ~7 weeks.
Not sure what they'll do with the players - is there anything else that could be arranged at short notice?
Maybe take Pakistan to UAE? -
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It’s incredible that a cluster fuck of a country like Pakistan has produced as many genuine greats of the game as it has. Good grief, what a fiasco. This thread plays it all out nicely ( game about to start, less than an hour later everything called off )
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@taniwharugby don’t start me on MIQ priority….
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@donsteppa said in Black Caps tour of Pakistan:
I wonder what changed on the morning of the game.
Pakistani fans are quite unhappy on social media about it all...
Going to declare jihad?
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Does forfeiture of the games by default now mean they count toward the rankings as the lack of DRS had no bearing on their "creative home umpires" down to adjudicate so is now no longer a valid reason for them not the count. Can't recall what happened with the Test Championship points allocations when the Aussies declined to tour South Africa but if you don't turn up they should be awarded to the opposition. Still Covid19 did have a bearing on that situation.
