The New Zealand cricket team will not tour Zimbabwe as
scheduled in June.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive Justin Vaughan said
the decision had met little resistance from Zimbabwe.
The primary reasons for pulling out of the tour were the
collapse of Zimbabwe's health system and the general unstable
environment in that country.
Vaughan said he was open to the tour being rescheduled and
played at a neutral venue, possibly in June next year.
"It was a decision made with the Government but we are
looking at other options like playing the tour at a neutral
venue, most likely South Africa," he told the Dominion Post
newspaper.
Prime Minister John Key said NZC had made the decision
without Government involvement, when asked about the
cancellation on NewstalkZB this morning.
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