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WELLINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - New Zealand cricket officials on Wednesday cancelled the test tour of Pakistan after a bomb blast outside their hotel in Karachi that killed nine people.

"I have made a decision to immediately cancel the remainder of New Zealand's cricket test tour of Pakistan," NZ Cricket chief executive Martin Snedden told a news conference.

"I will now make an arrangement for the team to immediately fly out of Pakistan and return home to New Zealand."

All the New Zealamd team and officials were safe, Snedden said.

Pakistan thrashed New Zealand in the first test in Lahore. The New Zealand team was due to leave Pakistan after the second test, which had been scheduled to start later on Wednesday.

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