Bangladesh cricketers were minutes away from being in Christchurch's Masjid Al Noor Mosque when Friday's mass shootings happened. "Had we reached even three or four minutes earlier we would have probably been inside the mosque," Mashud told Bangladesh media in a video posted on Cricinfo. AL-EMRUN GARJON/AP President of Bangladesh Cricket Board Nazmul Hassan Papon, centre, speaks during a press conference on the status of the country's cricket team in Dhaka, Bangladesh. White had been in constant contact with Bangladesh Cricket chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury to update him on the players' safety. NZC had worked hard on Friday to get the Bangladesh team out of New Zealand on the earliest possible flights.

Source: Stuff March 15, 2019 22:09 UTC