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Survive we will: Ramiz Raja after England pulls out of Pakistan tour

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PCB chairman Ramiz Raja said England failed a member of their cricket fraternity ‘when it needed it the most’
ECB withdrew both its men’s and women’s teams from their upcoming Pakistan tour on Monday
Earlier, New Zealand Cricket also withdrew it’s men’s team from a Pakistan tour

Ramiz Raja, the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), expressed his disappointment over England Cricket Board’s decision to call off the men’s and women’s cricket tour to Pakistan. “Disappointed with England, pulling out of their commitment & failing a member of their Cricket fraternity when it needed it the most. Survive we will inshallah,” the PCB chairman wrote on Twitter.

Disappointed with England, pulling out of their commitment & failing a member of their Cricket fraternity when it needed it most. Survive we will inshallah. A wake up call for Pak team to become the best team in the world for teams to line up to play them without making excuses.
— Ramiz Raja (@iramizraja) September 20, 2021

Ramiz Raja further said that this should serve as a wake-up call to the Pakistan cricket team to become world leaders for other teams to line up to play against them. “A wake up call for Pak team to become the best team in the world for teams to line up to play them without making excuse.”

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On Monday, the English Cricket Board (ECB) announced that it has ‘reluctantly’ decided to withdraw both men’s and women’s cricket teams from the tour to Pakistan. “The ECB board convened this weekend to discuss these extra England Women’s and Men’s games in Pakistan and we can confirm that the Board has reluctantly decided to withdraw both teams from the October trip,” an ECB statement read.

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ECB said that it took the decision due to “increasing concerns” about travelling to Pakistan. With this, England became the second country to withdraw from a cricket tour in Pakistan within this week. Before England, New Zealand Cricket abandoned it’s men’s team’s tour of Pakistan citing a government alert that warned of a potential attack outside the Rawalpindi Stadium.

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Following New Zealand Cricket’s decision, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that he had no information about the security threat claimed by New Zealand and that New Zealand had ignored Pakistan’s guarantees that its players would be safe.

International cricket returned to Pakistan after 10 years in 2019. In 2009, a terrorist attack targeting the Sri Lankan cricket team had led to the death of seven people and several Sri Lankan cricketers getting injured.

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Survive we will: Ramiz Raja after England pulls out of Pakistan tour

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