{"id":310453,"date":"2019-03-15T06:09:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T06:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=310453"},"modified":"2019-03-15T06:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T06:09:53","slug":"third-test-match-between-new-zealand-and-bangladesh-cancelled-after-mosques-shooting-in-christchurch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/third-test-match-between-new-zealand-and-bangladesh-cancelled-after-mosques-shooting-in-christchurch\/","title":{"rendered":"Third test match between New Zealand and Bangladesh cancelled after mosques shooting in Christchurch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-310454 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Bang-n-nz-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/Bang-n-nz-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/Bang-n-nz.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The third test match between New Zealand and Bangladesh scheduled to begin on Saturday has been cancelled after the mass shootings at mosques in Christchurch including one in which Bangladesh cricket team had a narrow escape.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cA joint decision has been taken by NZC and the BCB to cancel the third Test match due to start tomorrow at Hagley Oval. Both groups of players and support staff are safe and secure,\u201d New Zealand team said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">NZC would like to extend its heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of those affected by the shocking situation in Christchurch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It further said, \u201carrangements are being made for the return of the Bangladesh team home as soon as possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cA decision has also been made to cancel the two remaining fixtures between the New Zealand Development team and Australia\u2019s U19 women\u2019s team that were due to take place over the weekend at Lincoln\u2019s Bert Sutcliffe Oval,\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe are shocked and appalled as I am sure all New Zealanders are,\u201d said NZC CEO David White.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe are offering support to all those within the teams affected by the situation and are continuing to take advice from authorities on the ground,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third test match between New Zealand and Bangladesh scheduled to begin on Saturday has been cancelled after the mass shootings at mosques in Christchurch including one in which Bangladesh cricket team had a narrow escape. \u201cA joint decision has been taken by NZC and the BCB to cancel the third Test match due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":310454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[2267,2127,11094],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310455,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310453\/revisions\/310455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/310454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}