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New Zealand arrive in Pakistan after 18 years for white-ball series

By Adam D Anglo

The
visiting
players
were
whisked
away
from
the
Islamabad
international
airport
to
their
hotel
amidst
heavy
security.
The
Pakistan
Cricket
Board
(PCB)
has
made
arrangements
to
have
a
bio-secure
bubble
for
the
New
Zealand
players
and
officials
at
their
hotel.

New
Zealand
last
toured
Pakistan
in
2003
for
a
white-ball
series
and
since
then
have
avoided
touring
the
country
because
of
security
reasons.

Led
by
Tom
Latham,
the
New
Zealand
squad
is
missing
its
regular
captain,
Kane
Williamson
and
other
key
players
of
their
white
ball
formats
who
are
either
set
to
compete
in
the
IPL
or
have
taken
breaks.

Regular
coach,
Gary
Stead
has
also
not
come
with
the
visiting
squad
which
will
play
three
ODIs
in
Rawalpindi
and
five
T20
internationals
in
Lahore.
The
PCB
and
New
Zealand
Cricket
have
mutually
agreed
to
change
the
status
of
next
week’s
ODI
series
to
a
bilateral
series
from
the
ICC
Cricket
World
Cup
Super
League
fixtures
due
to
the
non-availability
of
Decision
Review
System
(DRS),
a
requirement
in
the
event
playing
conditions.

As
New
Zealand
will
return
to
Pakistan
in
the
2022-23
season
to
play
two
Tests
and
three
ODIs,
the
two
boards
have
agreed
that
these
50-over
matches
will
now
count
towards
the
ICC
Men’s
Cricket
World
Cup
2023
qualification.

Some
key
players
will
join
the
New
Zealand
squad
by
Sunday
(Sept.
12)
as
they
were
not
part
of
the
squad
that
recently
played
a
T20
series
in
Bangladesh.
Daryll
Mitchell,
Todd
Astle,
Ish
Sodhi,
Mark
Chapman
and
Martin
Guptill
will
be
joining
the
T20
squad.

New
Zealand
squads:

ODI:
Tom
Latham
(c)
(wk),
Finn
Allen,
Hamish
Bennett,
Tom
Blundell
(wk),
Doug
Bracewell,
Colin
de
Grandhomme,
Jacob
Duffy,
Matt
Henry,
Scott
Kuggeleijn,
Cole
McConchie,
Henry
Nicholls,
Ajaz
Patel,
Rachin
Ravindra,
Blair
Tickner
and
Will
Young,
Ish
Sodhi,
Martin
Guptill,
Mark
Chapman,
Todd
Astle,
Daryl
Mitchell.

T20
Squad:
Tom
Latham
(c)
(wk),
Finn
Allen,
Hamish
Bennett,
Tom
Blundell
(wk),
Doug
Bracewell,
Colin
de
Grandhomme,
Matt
Henry,
Ajaz
Patel,
Blair
Tickner,
Will
Young,
Ish
Sodhi,
Martin
Guptill,
Mark
Chapman,
Todd
Astle,
Daryl
Mitchell,
Ben
Sears.

  • No
    DRS
    during
    Pakistan’s
    upcoming
    white
    ball
    home
    series
    against
    New
    Zealand
  • IPL
    2021:
    New
    Zealand
    players
    cleared
    for
    league
    resumption;
    NZC
    announce
    squads
    for
    sub-continent
    tours
  • Chris
    Cairns
    health
    update:
    Former
    NZ
    all-rounder
    suffers
    paralysis
    in
    legs,
    starts
    rehabilitation
  • IPL
    2021:
    RCB,
    RR,
    KKR,
    PBKS,
    MI,
    CSK,
    SRH,
    DC:
    Full
    list
    of
    players
    replaced
    by
    franchises
    ahead
    of
    UAE
    leg
  • IPL
    2021
    Player
    Signing:
    Punjab
    Kings
    rope
    in
    Adil
    Rashid,
    KKR
    get
    Southee
    as
    Cummins
    replacement
  • Fully-vaccinated
    New
    Zealand
    batsman
    Finn
    Allen
    tests
    COVID-19
    positive
    on
    arrival
    in
    Bangladesh
  • Chris
    Cairns
    health
    update:
    Former
    NZ
    all-rounder
    still
    serious
    but
    off
    life-support,
    communicates
    to
    family
  • New
    Zealand’s
    tour
    of
    Pakistan
    subject
    to
    security
    clearance
    after
    Taliban
    takeover
    of
    Afghanistan
  • ICC
    Rankings:
    Virat
    Kohli
    static
    on
    5th,
    Mohammad
    Siraj,
    KL
    Rahul
    move
    up;
    Root
    closes
    in
    on
    No
    1
    slot
  • New
    Zealand
    rope
    in
    Shane
    Bond
    as
    ‘fourth
    coach’ for
    ICC
    T20
    World
    Cup
    2021,
    India
    T20I
    series
  • ICC
    T20
    World
    Cup
    2021
    Schedule:
    Complete
    Fixtures
    of
    All
    Matches,
    Dates,
    Time
    Table
    and
    Venues
  • Chris
    Cairns
    health
    update:
    Former
    NZ
    all-rounder
    serious,
    doctors
    trying
    to
    make
    him
    respond
    to
    treatment

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