LAHORE – Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal is set to return home from the national team’s tour of New Zealand after the death of his father, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Tuesday.
Ajmal is currently part of Pakistan’s 15-man squad for the Test series against New Zealand and is certain to miss the first Test, which starts on Friday, January 1, at Hamilton. “The PCB is making necessary arrangements to facilitate Saeed Ajmal’s early return to the country from New Zealand,” the PCB said. “The entire PCB family expresses their deepest sympathies to Saeed Ajmal on this sad occasion,” it added.
Chairman PCB Ijaz Butt and Chief Operating Officer PCB Subhan Ahmad have condoled the sad demise of Saeed Ajmal’s father. They prayed to Almighty to rest the departed soul in eternal peace.
