da spicy bet： WELLINGTON – New Zealand Cricket will ask Australia to expand theitinerary of its November and December tour in Australia to compensatefor the cancellation of a tour to Pakistan
da 888： AP16-Sep-2001WELLINGTON – New Zealand Cricket will ask Australia to expand theitinerary of its November and December tour in Australia to compensatefor the cancellation of a tour to Pakistan.The cancellation for security reasons of the New Zealand-Pakistan oneday series this month and test series in October has left New Zealandwithout match play before the Australian tour begins.New Zealand Cricket will ask Australia to add at least two four daystate games to their agreed itinerary to give players some match playbefore the first test from Nov. 8-12.New Zealand recalled its team from Singapore, en route to Pakistan, inresponse to the terrorist attacks in the United States on Tuesday. TheNew Zealand A team also returned home early from a tour to India.New Zealand Cricket chief executive Martin Snedden said he wouldapproach Australian authorities on Monday with a proposal for anenlarged tour.Snedden said there was still a faint hope a tour to Pakistan might takeplace in some form next month, if the world security situationstabilised but he doubted such a change could occur in the timeavailable.”We might yet go to Pakistan but it does seem highly unlikely,” he said.”I don’t see much merit in a truncated tour but we will be keeping ouroptions open.”
