19 Sep 2021

Questions remain over cancelled Black Caps tour

From Sunday Morning, 9:06 am on 19 September 2021

The sudden decision to cancel the New Zealand cricket tour of Pakistan, just moments before the scheduled start of the first ODI in Rawalpindi is drawing a massive amount of criticism from commentators and fans around the world.

The call was made by New Zealand Cricket after what they called a "credible security threat".

Joining the show to analyse the situation are RNZ sports reporter Clay Wilson and veteran cricket commentator Bryan Waddle, who was on tour with the Kiwi cricketers when a bomb exploded near their hotel in Pakistan in 2002.  

New Zeland Black Caps cricket tour to Pakistan is called off due to a government security alert.
One Day international cricket match. Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Friday 17 September 2021. © Mandatory photo credit: Furqan Bhatti / www.photosport.nz

Photo: www.photosport.nz / Furqan Bhatti