Don’t blame players for cancellation, they simply acted on govt’s advise: McClenaghan to Hafeez

The
35-year-old
pacer
was
reacting
to
a
sarcastic
tweet
by
batsman
Mohammed
Hafeez
on
Saturday
(September
18)
on
eve
of
the
departure
of
the
New
Zealand
team
from
Pakistan.

“Come
now
bro.
This
has
a
bad
taste
to
it…
Don’t
blame
the
players
or
the
organisation…
blame
our
government.
They
have
only
acted
on
the
advice
they
have
received.
I’m
absolutely
certain
these
young
men
–
all
wanting
to
prove
themselves
wanted
to
play.
they
had
no
choice,”
McClenaghan
wrote
on
his
twitter
handle.

There
was
no
way
we
could
stay
in
Pakistan
after
receiving
credible
threat:
NZC
CEO
White

On
Saturday
(September
18),
Hafeez
had
taken
a
dig
at
New
Zealand
Cricket
(NZC)
for
calling
off
their
tour
of
Pakistan
citing
security
threats.

“Thanks
to
the
secutity
of
pakistan
forces
to
make
arrangements
to
@BLACKCAPS
to
reach
at
airport
Safe
&
Sound.
Wonder
same
route
&
same
security
but
no
threat
today???,”
Hafeez
had
tweeted.

Thanks
to
the
secutity
of
pakistan
forces
to
make
arrangements
to

@BLACKCAPS
to
reach
at
airport
Safe
&
Sound.
Wonder
same
route
&
same
security
but
no
threat
today???

pic.twitter.com/mwxq6AFjyT

—
Mohammad
Hafeez
(@MHafeez22)

September
18,
2021

New
Zealand
had
arrived
in
Pakistan
on
September
11
for
a
white-ball
series
after
18
years
and
were
scheduled
to
play
three
ODIs
and
five
T20
Internationals.

But
New
Zealand
Cricket
(NZC)
called
off
the
series
abruptly
on
Friday
(September
17)
just
before
the
first
One-Day
International
at
the
Rawalpindi
stadium,
citing
they
had
received
a
serious
security
threat.