ECB receives ‘threatening electronic mail’ associated to New Zealand cricket, additional safety for NZ ladies gamers in UK

Security has been tightened round New Zealand’s ladies’s cricket group after a risk was acquired forward of a one-day worldwide in opposition to England in Leicester on Tuesday. Security tightened round New Zealand ladies’s group in England after risk. (Reuters Photo)HIGHLIGHTSNew Zealand Cricket mentioned a threatening electronic mail had been despatched to the ECBSecurity tightened round New Zealand ladies’s group in England after riskThe risk got here as ECB withdrew their males’s and girls’s groups collection in PakistanNew Zealand Cricket on Tuesday boosted safety across the ladies’s nationwide group at present touring Britain as a precaution after a threatening electronic mail was acquired by the England and Wales Cricket Board officers.

England earlier withdrew their males’s and girls’s groups from subsequent month’s tour of Pakistan. England’s choice comes days after New Zealand returned dwelling from Rawalpindi, citing safety issues.New Zealand had been attributable to play 3 ODIs and 5 T20Is and the group had began coaching after finishing quarantine. However, hours earlier than the toss of the primary ODI on September 17, New Zealand mentioned they might pull out from the tour.New Zealand Cricket mentioned a threatening electronic mail had been despatched to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).The www.espncricinfo.com web site reported {that a} member of the New Zealand group administration was advised a bomb could be positioned on the group lodge.The ECB have acquired a threatening electronic mail referring to NZC. Although this didn’t particularly reference the White Ferns, it was handled severely, investigated and deemed not credible,” the governing body said in a statement.”The White Ferns have now arrived in Leicester and, as a precaution, safety round them has been boosted.”The threat came as English cricket chiefs withdrew their men’s and women’s teams from next month’s white-ball series in Pakistan, citing “growing issues about touring to the area”.The England and New Zealand cancellations are an enormous setback for Pakistan, which has been making an attempt to revive excursions by overseas sides after dwelling internationals had been suspended within the aftermath of a terror assault on the Sri Lankan facet in 2009.Also Read | Disappointed with England, says PCB chief Ramiz Raja after ECB verify withdrawal from Pakistan tourClick right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.