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Pakistan threaten to pull out of New Zealand tour
Wisden Cricinfo staff
November 14, 2003
The Pakistan Cricket Board has reacted to doubts over New Zealand's willingness to play five one-day internationals next week by threatening to pull out of their tour to New Zealand next month.
New Zealand are scheduled to play five one-day internationals in Pakistan, starting with the first game at Faisalabad on November 22, but the series has been cast into doubt after they received a threat regarding their safety.
However, Tauqir Zia, the PCB chairman, said "It is a policy decision that we will not go to New Zealand if they don't come to play in Pakistan."
Pakistan had earlier threatened to sue the South African board for US$ 7 million after they suddenly refused to tour Pakistan in September when a bomb exploded in an empty building in Karachi. However, the PCB agreed to revise the itinerary and excluded Karachi so that the South Africans could play five one-day internationals and two Tests in Faisalabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi.
However, it may prove more difficult to persuade New Zealand to come over. Their last tour of Pakistan in May last year was abandoned ahead of the last Test after a bomb exploded outside the players' Karachi hotel, killing 14 people. This one-day series was planned as the replacement to help Pakistan recover from the losses.
A spokesman said: "The PCB won a case against New Zealand Cricket in the ICC Disputes Resolution Committee when Tauqir Zia pleaded that the Kiwis had not fulfilled their Future Tours Programme (FTP) commitment in 2002.
"The ICC Disputes Committee had ordered NZC to either compensate PCB or participate in a series in Pakistan. NZC had agreed to the five-match one-day series to avoid huge compensations that could have fetched the PCB millions of dollars".
The PCB also termed the threatening letter to New Zealand as a hoax. "South Africa also received a similar hoax letter before coming to Pakistan," said the spokesman, "but after we gave them all the security assurances they believed us and sent their team. We have passed the letter to the concerned authorities for further investigations".
New Zealand are scheduled to play five one-day internationals on its short 12-day trip, with Faisalabad hosting the only day game on November 22. Rawalpindi is to host back-to-back day-night games on November 24 and 25 before the teams play the remaining two games at Lahore on Nov 29 and December 1.
? Wisden Cricinfo Ltd
Wisden Cricinfo staff
November 14, 2003
The Pakistan Cricket Board has reacted to doubts over New Zealand's willingness to play five one-day internationals next week by threatening to pull out of their tour to New Zealand next month.
New Zealand are scheduled to play five one-day internationals in Pakistan, starting with the first game at Faisalabad on November 22, but the series has been cast into doubt after they received a threat regarding their safety.
However, Tauqir Zia, the PCB chairman, said "It is a policy decision that we will not go to New Zealand if they don't come to play in Pakistan."
Pakistan had earlier threatened to sue the South African board for US$ 7 million after they suddenly refused to tour Pakistan in September when a bomb exploded in an empty building in Karachi. However, the PCB agreed to revise the itinerary and excluded Karachi so that the South Africans could play five one-day internationals and two Tests in Faisalabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi.
However, it may prove more difficult to persuade New Zealand to come over. Their last tour of Pakistan in May last year was abandoned ahead of the last Test after a bomb exploded outside the players' Karachi hotel, killing 14 people. This one-day series was planned as the replacement to help Pakistan recover from the losses.
A spokesman said: "The PCB won a case against New Zealand Cricket in the ICC Disputes Resolution Committee when Tauqir Zia pleaded that the Kiwis had not fulfilled their Future Tours Programme (FTP) commitment in 2002.
"The ICC Disputes Committee had ordered NZC to either compensate PCB or participate in a series in Pakistan. NZC had agreed to the five-match one-day series to avoid huge compensations that could have fetched the PCB millions of dollars".
The PCB also termed the threatening letter to New Zealand as a hoax. "South Africa also received a similar hoax letter before coming to Pakistan," said the spokesman, "but after we gave them all the security assurances they believed us and sent their team. We have passed the letter to the concerned authorities for further investigations".
New Zealand are scheduled to play five one-day internationals on its short 12-day trip, with Faisalabad hosting the only day game on November 22. Rawalpindi is to host back-to-back day-night games on November 24 and 25 before the teams play the remaining two games at Lahore on Nov 29 and December 1.
? Wisden Cricinfo Ltd
