Desk Report
Publish: 21 Sep 2021, 04:49 pm
NZ Women's Cricketers || Photo: Collected
New Zealand Cricket on Tuesday boosted security around the
women's national team currently touring Britain as a precaution after a
threatening email was received by English officials.
NZC, which last week abruptly abandoned the Black Caps' tour
of Pakistan over security fears for the men's team, said the latest threat was
ultimately deemed "not credible".
But it said the communication received by the England and
Wales Cricket Board (ECB) prompted increased security around the White Ferns
women's team, which is due to play England in Leicester on Tuesday.
"The ECB have received a threatening email relating to
NZC. Although this did not specifically reference the White Ferns, it was
treated seriously, investigated and deemed not credible," the governing
body said in a statement.
"The White Ferns have now arrived in Leicester and, as
a precaution, security around them has been boosted."
The threat came as English cricket chiefs withdrew their
men's and women's teams from next month's white-ball series in Pakistan, citing
"increasing concerns about travelling to the region".
That decision came in the wake of the Black Caps' dramatic
withdrawal from the Pakistan tour on Friday, just as the first one-day
international was due to start at Rawalpindi Stadium.
NZC has refused to detail what prompted the action beyond
saying it had been advised of a "specific and credible threat".
According to Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed
Ahmad, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Pakistan leader Imran
Khan that the team feared an attack outside the stadium.
The England and New Zealand cancellations are a huge setback
for Pakistan, which has been trying to revive tours by foreign sides after home
internationals were suspended in the aftermath of a terror attack on the Sri Lankan
side in 2009.
There will also be questions about planned tours to Pakistan
by the West Indies in December and Australia in February next year.
The New Zealand men's team arrived in Dubai on Sunday on a
charter flight from Pakistan, with players not involved in next month's
Twenty20 World Cup in the UAE returning to New Zealand as soon as flights and
quarantine facilities can be arranged. (BSS)
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