Cricket-New Zealand to tour Pakistan after 18 years

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LAHORE, Pakistan : New Zealand will visit Pakistan in September for the first time in 18 years to play three one-day internationals and five Twenty20 matches in Rawalpindi and Lahore, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Thursday.Top teams have avoided touring Pakistan citing security concerns after t

LAHORE, Pakistan : New Zealand will visit Pakistan in September for the first time in 18 years to play three one-day internationals and five Twenty20 matches in Rawalpindi and Lahore, the Pakistan Cricket Board said on Thursday.

"Series against a top-ranked side like New Zealand will be a perfect start to a mouth-watering and highly exciting home season of red and white-ball cricket," PCB chief executive Wasim Khan said in a statement. The visit by Kane Williamson's team"will reinforce Pakistan's status as a safe and secure country," Khan said.

"We're very much looking forward to returning to Pakistan for the start of their home international season," Khan's New Zealand counterpart David White was quoted as saying in the statement.

 

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