ISLAMABAD: New Zealand Cricket (NZC) Chief Executive David White said on Monday he hoped Pakistan and New Zealand would be able to “work through” concerns in the coming days that had led the Black Caps to abandon their tour of Pakistan last week and ensure that they could play the tournament again.

New Zealand Cricket said on Friday it was abandoning its series with Pakistan “following a New Zealand government security alert.”

The series was to comprise three ODIs and five Twenty20s starting with a first ODI at Rawalpindi on Friday. Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi was to also host the other two ODIs on September 19 and 21 while Lahore’s Qaddafi Stadium was to host all five T20s.

“We’ve got a very close working relationship with Pakistan Cricket,” White was quoted as saying by New Zealand sports website Stuff. “We’d like to think that over the next few days, weeks and months that we’ll work through this to ensure that we play the content that we’ve missed out on and we continue our close working relationship.”

He added: “As we know they’re [Pakistan] a very passionate cricketing nation and they’re obviously disappointed. We understand their disappointment.”

A day earlier, Stuff reported that a Black Cap had received a death threat prior to departing on the cricket team’s tour to Pakistan but security officials had determined it was a hoax.

The player, who Stuff did not name, was one of the 34-strong New Zealand group that fled Pakistan on a charter flight to Dubai on Saturday night. 

Meanwhile, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Wasim Khan said on Sunday New Zealand’s abrupt pullout from the Pakistan series had set a “dangerous precedent” that would cost the host side millions of dollars.

“This is going to cost us millions of dollars. This has severely affected us from the cricket credibility perspective and has set us back,” he said. “I think it sets a very dangerous precedent, when countries are unilaterally making decisions that potentially can have long-term consequences for countries.”