Australian cricketer, Ashton Agar’s wife Madeleine has reportedly received death threats amid the ongoing tour of Pakistan. Incidentally, Pakistan are set to host Australia in a historic all-format tour, which gets underway on March 4 and includes three Tests, as many ODIs and a solitary T20I and Agar has been named in all squads.
Incidentally, this is Australia’s first tour of Pakistan since 1998. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is keen to conduct the tour smoothly to set a precedent for the other teams. Meanwhile, the matter regarding Ashton Agar has been reported to PCB and Cricket Australia and an investigation was subsequently conducted.
As per The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, a team spokesperson has confirmed that Agar was the subject of the death threat. However, the team security has found out that the threat is not credible and has been sent from a fake Instagram account, potentially from India. Meanwhile, Ashton Agar was in ‘good spirits’ despite the direct message sent to his wife.
“They’re ready to go and they are clear in their mind” – Australia’s interim head coach
The cricketers are excited and are in a good state ahead of the Pakistan tour. Australia’s interim head coach Andrew McDonald stated that the players are jumping on the plane which shows how eager they are to play in Pakistan.
“I think a lot of those doubts were alleviated by the process that CA (Cricket Australia) went through directly talking about security and no doubt the pandemic with COVID… What does that all look like? So yeah, there was a lot of information flowing leading into this series, and I think that information has cleared the thoughts of the players and you know they do have an option not to tour,” McDonald said in a press conference ahead of the tour.
“They’re jumping on the plane. So that to me says they’re ready to go and they are clear in their mind, that it’s going to be safe and it’s an exciting tour and they’re getting their heads around the cricket as opposed to the other things that potentially can pop into their mind,” he added.
