Auckland, Dec. 19: The Pakistan cricket team arrived in New Zealand on Sunday determined to focus on the game and reluctant to talk about the corruption accusations swirling around the team.
Pakistan will play three Twenty20 matches followed by a Test and one-day series against New Zealand over the next seven weeks in a final build-up to the World Cup starting in India on February 19.
But they are without Test captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, who are under investigation over spot-fixing allegations. The Pakistan Cricket Board has also banned its players from social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, in an attempt to maintain discipline and eliminate further avenues where controversies may arise.