New Zealand Abandon Pakistan Tour After Security Alert

New Zealand Abandon Pakistan Tour After Security Alert
Policemen stand guard outside the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Sept. 17, 2021. Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images
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ISLAMABAD—New Zealand abruptly abandoned their tour of Pakistan on Friday citing a security alert in a massive blow to the South Asian country’s hopes of staging regular international cricket.

The tour was due to get underway with the first of three one-dayers in Rawalpindi on Friday but New Zealand did not travel to the stadium.