New Zealand ladies’s staff receives bomb threats in England

New Zealand ladies cricket staff obtained bomb threats throughout their ongoing England tour, confirmed New Zealand cricket board (NZC), who added that England and Wales Cricket Board has obtained a threatening e mail referring to NZC.

As per an ANI report, the threats weren’t particularly referred to the White Ferns however the matter was investigated earlier than deeming the threats as not credible.

NZC launched an official assertion mentioned the staff simply reached Leicester for the third ODI of the sequence and studies of staff’s coaching being cancelled had been false as no coaching was scheduled on the travelling day.

“The WHITE FERNS have now arrived in Leicester and, as a precaution, security around them has been boosted. Reports their training has been cancelled are false,” NZC mentioned in an official assertion.

An extra report from ESPNcricinfo, nevertheless,  mentioned {that a} member of the White Ferns staff administration was contacted and threatened that the bomb can be positioned on the staff resort. They had been additionally threatened of the potential of a bomb being positioned on their airplane after they return residence after the sequence.

Following the risk, the New Zealand staff went into lockdown on Monday with police and counter-terrorism companies probing the matter.