da premier bet： New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has expressed its willingness to reschedulethe cancelled tour to Pakistan between April 1 and May 5 next year
da realbet： 27-Sep-2001New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has expressed its willingness to reschedulethe cancelled tour to Pakistan between April 1 and May 5 next year.The NZC proposal came from its chief executive Martin Snedden lastweek who had also suggested that the other alternate dates could bearound May-June.Sources in the PCB cricket operations confirmed that Pakistan CricketBoard (PCB) has sent thumbs up to NZC for three Tests and as many oneday internationals between April and May.”May-June will be tough for the cricketers because of summer in thispart of the country. Besides, the county contracts of some playerswill also be affected,” sources said.Saqlain Mushtaq (Surrey), Shahid Afridi (Leicestershire) and AbdurRazzaq (Middlesex) will be appearing in the English countychampionships next year that run between April and September.The Black Caps are scheduled to host England in February and Marchwhile the West Indies will be touring Pakistan during the same time.The proposal being worked out at the Gaddafi Stadium also includesstaging a tri-nation one-day series between Pakistan, West Indies andNew Zealand.”The West Indies will be nearing the conclusion of the Pakistan tourwhen New Zealand will arrive. This allows us to consider the proposalof holding a tri-nation one-day series,” sources said.Pakistan and India had proposed to stage a joint quadrangular one-daytournament in April with Zimbabwe and West Indies as the otherparticipating countries. The proposal was eventually shelved afterIndia pulled out from the Asian Test Championship after it was drawnto play its match against Pakistan at Lahore. However, the West Indiestour to Pakistan is also in doldrums after the West Indies CricketBoard (WICB) sent a fax to Lahore last week informing them that theywould decide on the tour in their Sept 27 and 28 meeting.They have cited security fears in the backdrop of situation arising inthe region in the backdrop of terrorist attacks on New York andWashington.New Zealand had also returned from Singapore on Sept 13 for the samereason and aborted the tour which was initially scheduled to runbetween Sept 19 and Oct 24.
