Zimbabwe team get warm welcome

19 May, 2015

LAHORE:-The Zimbabwe cricket team landed at the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore at 1.45 am on Tuesday to become the first Full Member nation to tour Pakistan since March 2009.

Zimbabwe will play two T20s and three ODIs at the sole venue Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore between May 22 and 31 before departing on June 1.

The visitors landed amid extensive security, with thousands of policemen deployed along the 14 km route to a five-star hotel.

The touring group--16 Zimbabwe players, nine team officials and five board officials--was flanked by a large convoy of police commandoes, after they had been warmly received by two ministers from the ruling party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, along with the top brass of the PCB.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2015

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