Proposal to play PSL3 final in Karachi, playoffs in Lahore: Najam Sethi
PCB chief said the Sri Lankan team has left Pakistan with pleasant and lasting memories.
LAHORE (APP) – Chairman, Pakistan Cricket Board, Najam Sethi said that a new proposal has come forward to host the final of the next edition of Pakistan Super League in Karachi and the playoff matches in Lahore.
“Earlier, we decided to stage two to three matches of the PSL in Karachi, but a new proposal has now been tabled to allocate the final to the port city,” he told media after the final of the A.H. Kardar national school championship at the Gaddafi Stadium.
He said he will try to conduct PSL3 final in Karachi. PCB chief said the Sri Lankan team has left Pakistan with pleasant and lasting memories after playing the third and last T20 international here.
“The visiting Lankan Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera in a meeting with Federal Inter Provincial Minister, Riaz Pirzada agreed to have more sports ties between the two countries,” he said.
“We will making efforts to have Pak-Lanka series in Pakistan,” said Najam Sethi. To a question he said the tour program of West Indies to Pakistan will be finalized in few days.
He said it was a heartening sign that Pakistan will be hosting the emerging Asia Cricket Cup next year in April.
“At this stage I don’t know if India is going to participate in the Asia Cup, in case they refuse to take part they will lose points as per the policy of the International Cricket Council,” said Najam Sethi.
Director Cricket Operations PCB, Haroon Rasheed who was present on the occasion, said the change in the dates of the domestic T20 tournament were made due to visit of the foreign teams as their tour dates were decided at the last minute.
“In such circumstances we were left with no option but to change the dates of T20 event which will now be held from November 28 in Faisalabad,” he said adding, “In the meanwhile the dates of West Indies team tour will also be decided.”
To a question he said in order to restore international cricket in Pakistan they are adjusting the dates of the national events as resumption of international cricket in the country is the top priority. “We have to resort to makeshift measures whenever such a situation arises, and you cannot compare PCB with Australia, New Zealand and England as far holding of the domestic events and holding of the international matches are concerned,” he said.
To a question he said with the revival of international cricket a new era of cricket has started in the country.
