{"id":2448,"date":"2021-09-20T12:04:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T12:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=2448"},"modified":"2021-09-20T12:04:22","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T12:04:22","slug":"dont-blame-players-for-nzs-tour-cancellation-mcclenaghan-responds-to-hafeezs-trolling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/dont-blame-players-for-nzs-tour-cancellation-mcclenaghan-responds-to-hafeezs-trolling\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t blame players for NZ\u2019s tour cancellation: McClenaghan responds to Hafeez\u2019s trolling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: New Zealand pacer Mitchell McClenaghan doesn\u2019t think Pakistan\u2019s cricket players and their fans should be criticizing the New Zealand players for cancellation of the tour between the two countries.<br \/>\nIn a post on Twitter, which has now been deleted, the Kiwi speedster responded to veteran Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Hafeez after Hafeez criticized New Zealand\u2019s cricketing authorities on Saturday as the Kiwis flew out of Pakistan, citing a \u201csecurity alert\u201d.<br \/>\nIn a sarcastic tweet, the veteran Pakistani all-rounder thanked Pakistan\u2019s security forces for ensuring the Kiwis reached the airport \u201csafe and sound\u201d.<br \/>\n\u201cThanks to the security of the Pakistan forces [who made] arrangements [for] @BLACKCAPS to reach [the] airport safe and sound. Wonder same route and same security, but no threat today???\u201d he tweeted, sharing a picture of the New Zealand cricket team and staff at the Islamabad airport, heading out of the country<br \/>\nThe 35-year-old McClenaghan said that the onus of the tour cancellation was on the New Zealand government and not NZC and players.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t blame players for NZs tour cancellation: McClenaghan responds to Hafeezs trolling<br \/>\n\u201cCome now bro. This has a bad taste to it\u2026 Don\u2019t blame the players or the organisation\u2026 blame our government,\u201d he said in his now deleted tweet.<br \/>\n\u201cThey have only acted on the advice they have received. I\u2019m absolutely certain these young men \u2013 all wanting to prove themselves wanted to play. they had no choice,\u201d he added.<br \/>\nMoments before the ODI series opener at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, the New Zealand Cricket (NZC) board on Friday backed out of the much-awaited tour, citing a security alert from their government. The Pakistani authorities assured the team of complete security, but they insisted on calling off the series.<br \/>\nThe PCB had said that New Zealand Cricket\u2019s decision to pull their players from the series was a \u201cunilateral\u201d decision taken by the Kiwis without consulting the PCB.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pcb-decides-to-take-tough-stance-against-new-zealand-at-icc.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PCB decides to take tough stance against New Zealand at ICC<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: New Zealand pacer Mitchell McClenaghan doesn\u2019t think Pakistan\u2019s cricket players and their fans should be criticizing the New Zealand players for cancellation of the tour between the two countries. In a post on Twitter, which has now been deleted, the Kiwi speedster responded to veteran Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Hafeez after Hafeez criticized New Zealand\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[596,598,595,543,364],"class_list":["post-2448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-sports","tag-kiwis","tag-new-zealand-government","tag-nzc","tag-rawalpindi-cricket-stadium","tag-pcb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}