AUCKLAND: New Zealand cricketers will be urged not to travel to Pakistan for September's Champions Trophy after the International Cricket Council ruled the tournament would go ahead there.

The New Zealand Cricket Players Association said Friday it was disappointed with the ICC's decision not to move the tournament from Pakistan, and was still recommending that players not travel there.

"We're very disappointed by the decision out of the ICC overnight," New Zealand association president Heath Mills told local radio.

"There's been a strong view that we don't think Pakistan is a safe work place for the players and our position hasn't changed," Mills said.

"It's our strong recommendation to the players that they don't travel to Pakistan at this point in time."

Mills said all of the players that he had spoken to were uncomfortable about travelling to Pakistan.