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 International series against New Zealand over the next seven weeks in a final build-up to the ICC Cricket World Cup starting in India on 19 February.
Team manager Intikhab Alam said the players on the New Zealand tour had been made aware of the standards expected of them.
"Everybody's been briefed, everybody's very clear in their minds what is expected from management, what is expected from the players as well. I have no doubt in my mind we cannot afford any more such unfortunate incidents," he said.
"They understand what we expect from them, what the country expects from them, what the board expects from them."
Pakistan arrived on the back of drawing two Tests and narrowly losing a one-day series 2-3 against South Africa while New Zealand are in one of their worst-ever slumps, having lost their last 11 one-day matches -- four against Bangladesh and five against India.
"South Africa's probably one of the best teams at the moment, so it was a morale booster after all that we went through," coach Waqar Younis said.
Younis said that given New Zealand's recent record, Pakistani supporters would expect his side to do well although he expected New Zealand to be much tougher at home than they were were on the sub-continent.
"It's always been a tough time for them on the subcontinent and this time they didn't really play the best of their cricket," he said.
"This is an opportunity for us also but we don't really want to forget that New Zealand in their own country, they are a very fine side. We've got to make sure we do the basics right and try to win the maximum we can."
Pakistan plays the first of the three Twenty20 matches against New Zealand in Auckland on 26 December before playing two Tests and six One-dayers.
Pakistan will play three Twenty20 matches followed by a Test and One-Day International series against New Zealand over the next seven weeks in a final build-up to the ICC Cricket World Cup starting in India on 19 February.
Team manager Intikhab Alam said the players on the New Zealand tour had been made aware of the standards expected of them.
"Everybody's been briefed, everybody's very clear in their minds what is expected from management, what is expected from the players as well. I have no doubt in my mind we cannot afford any more such unfortunate incidents," he said.
"They understand what we expect from them, what the country expects from them, what the board expects from them."
Pakistan arrived on the back of drawing two Tests and narrowly losing a one-day series 2-3 against South Africa while New Zealand are in one of their worst-ever slumps, having lost their last 11 one-day matches -- four against Bangladesh and five against India.
"South Africa's probably one of the best teams at the moment, so it was a morale booster after all that we went through," coach Waqar Younis said.
Younis said that given New Zealand's recent record, Pakistani supporters would expect his side to do well although he expected New Zealand to be much tougher at home than they were were on the sub-continent.
"It's always been a tough time for them on the subcontinent and this time they didn't really play the best of their cricket," he said.
"This is an opportunity for us also but we don't really want to forget that New Zealand in their own country, they are a very fine side. We've got to make sure we do the basics right and try to win the maximum we can."
Pakistan plays the first of the three Twenty20 matches against New Zealand in Auckland on 26 December before playing two Tests and six One-dayers.
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