Security Terrors

KARACHI: Security
concerns have returned to haunt Pakistan cricket forcing administrators to shift a 'home' Test series against New Zealand in
December back to the same country. Sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board said that Pakistan would be going to New Zealand in early December for Tests before leaving for Australia for a scheduled Test and ODI tour. "New Zealand was supposed to tour Pakistan this winter but due to security concerns they informed us it would not be possible for them to send their team," one source said. "Instead they offered to host the Tests as 'home' Tests for Pakistan to which we have agreed in principle with minor details to be worked out. Depending on time we could play three Tests maximum and two minimum," he said. Meanwhile, New Zealand would also give dates for a One-day series that would be played in Abu Dhabi and Dubai this year or next year. "The Tests and One-dayers are part of the New Zealand team's tour to Pakistan which was not possible in existing circumstances," the source said. The source said the two boards worked out a compromise when PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt was recently in London for the World Cup meetings.