Scotland’s high-profile matches against New Zealand in Edinburgh next month have been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Shane Burger’s team had been scheduled to meet the star-studded Kiwi line-up – who reached the World Cup final last summer – in an ODI and T20 contest at the Grange in Edinburgh on June 10 and 12, but these have fallen victim to the ongoing lockdown restructions.
Gus Mackay, the chief executive of Cricket Scotland, said: “We are obviously disappointed that New Zealand’s European tour has been postponed, however, it was to be expected under the current circumstances.
“We will work closely with New Zealand Cricket and look at opportunities in the future when they’re next touring Europe.”
NZC chief executive, David White, said: “These are extremely difficult times for international cricket and we feel deeply for our friends in the northern hemisphere, whose season has been so badly disrupted.
“I know our players, support staff and BLACKCAPS fans were very much looking forward to the upcoming visit and are disappointed this decision needed to be taken.
“Hopefully, in brighter and less dangerous times, we can return and play the games that have been postponed.”
Supporters who had purchased tickets in advance will receive information in the next week on refunds from
Cricket Scotland’s ticketing partner, Ticketline.
The governing body is awaiting information on the T20 international against Australia on June 29 and an
announcement will be made once further details are known.
But the fixture is unlikely to go ahead as planned and the same is true of Scotland’s ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 fixtures against Nepal and Namibia.
