A Black Cap is understood to have received a death threat prior to departing on the cricket team's tour to Pakistan. READ MORE:* Black Caps set to leave Pakistan after NZ Government received 'specific, credible security threat'* Black Caps exit casts doubt on England and Australia cricket tours of Pakistan* Black Caps vs Pakistan: Tour abandoned due to government security alert* Black Caps v Pakistan - second ODI in Rawalpindi abandonedThe alleged bomb threat came after the tour was called off, a decision made when “everything changed on Friday," White said – just before the Black Caps' first scheduled ODI against Pakistan in Rawalpindi. The New Zealand tour party, including 21 players, received a full police escort to the airport on bulletproof buses, four hours before their scheduled departure from Islamabad. STUFF Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she spoke to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan twice around the cancellation of the Black Caps tour. MIQ arrangements initially booked for them at the end of the Pakistan tour would now be cancelled.

Source: Stuff September 19, 2021 01:18 UTC