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Christchurch welcomes Pakistan Cricket Team
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
The Pakistan Cricket Team are welcomed to New Zealand and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 by fans in Christchurch
Christchurch delivers official New Zealand welcome to the Pakistan Cricket Team
Christchurch City Council, ICC
Cricket World Cup representatives and Ngāi Tahu today
officially welcomed the Pakistan Cricket Team to New Zealand
for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.
Following an
official ceremonial welcome at the Christchurch City Council
Civic Offices, the Pakistan team travelled to the ICC
Cricket World Cup 2015 Fanzone at Victoria Square, and met
with cricket fans and the Christchurch Pakistani
Community.
Mayor Lianne Dalziel says she was delighted to
welcome the Pakistan Cricket Team to Christchurch and New
Zealand, for what will be an exciting Cricket World
Cup.
“We are honoured to welcome the Pakistan Cricket
Team – who won the cricket world cup in 1992, the last
time it was hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
“We
have a vibrant Pakistani community in Christchurch and they
are in particular delighted to see their cricketing heroes
here in Christchurch for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 New
Zealand,” says Mayor Dalziel.
Cricket fans meeting the
Pakistan Cricket Team made the most of the opportunity by
getting autographs, ‘selfies’ and listened to what the
Pakistan Team Captain Misbah ul Haq had to say about their
ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 experience so far.
Pakistan
will play the West Indies on Saturday 21 February at Hagley
Oval, in the second of their Pool B matches.
The ICC
Cricket World Cup 2015 New Zealand and Australia takes place
14 February – 29 March 2015. For more information visit www.christchurch2015.co.nz
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