{"id":2639,"date":"2021-09-24T11:23:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T11:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=2639"},"modified":"2021-09-24T11:23:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T11:23:44","slug":"england-cricketers-break-silence-on-pakistan-tour-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/england-cricketers-break-silence-on-pakistan-tour-cancellation\/","title":{"rendered":"England cricketers break silence on Pakistan tour cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Team England Player Partnership (TEPP) on Friday said England Cricket Board (ECB) kept the union in the dark about their decision to cancel Pakistan&#8217;s tour after New Zealand made a similar decision last week.<br \/>\n&#8220;The players were not consulted about the tour,&#8221; TEPP clarified.<br \/>\nThe England cricketers\u2019 union added that the cricket board informed the players about the decision after their board meeting.<br \/>\n&#8220;Players were neither consulted before the tour was finalised nor were they taken on board over the decision to cancel the tour,&#8221; it said.<br \/>\nThe TEPP added: &#8220;At no point were the team players taken into confidence.&#8221;<br \/>\nAddressing the backlash received after England decided to cancel their tour to Pakistan, the cricketers union said: &#8220;The ECB&#8217;s decision drew unnecessary criticism on players.&#8221;<br \/>\nECB cancelled Pakistan tour after New Zealand pull out<br \/>\nOn September 20, the ECB cancelled its tour to Pakistan days after New Zealand had pulled its team out at the last minute ahead of its series due to &#8220;security&#8221; concerns.<br \/>\nExpressing regret, ECB had said, &#8220;we understand that this decision will be a significant disappointment to the PCB&#8221;, who have worked tirelessly to host the return of international cricket in their country.<br \/>\nThe ECB, however, said the &#8220;mental and physical well-being&#8221; of its players and support staff remains their highest priority, and this was even more critical given the times &#8220;we are currently living in&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe board had said &#8220;We are sincerely sorry for the impact this will have on cricket in Pakistan and emphasise an ongoing commitment to our main touring plans there for 2022.&#8221;<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: The Team England Player Partnership (TEPP) on Friday said England Cricket Board (ECB) kept the union in the dark about their decision to cancel Pakistan&#8217;s tour after New Zealand made a similar decision last week. &#8220;The players were not consulted about the tour,&#8221; TEPP clarified. The England cricketers\u2019 union added that the cricket board [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[659,794,516,364],"class_list":["post-2639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-ecb","tag-england-cricket-board","tag-new-zealand","tag-pcb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639","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=2639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}