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Franchises agree to play PSL final in Lahore - chairman - 02-20-2017
Owners of the five Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises have agreed that their teams will travel to Lahore should they qualify for the final, which is scheduled to be played on March 5. The decision came after a meeting on Monday in which the PSL management briefed the franchises on security arrangements for the final, due to be played at the Gaddafi Stadium.
Though the PSL has maintained from before the start of this season that the final would be held in Lahore, that status has been shaken up by a series of bombings in Pakistan over the last week. Most pertinent for the venue was a bombing on a major thoroughfare in Lahore last week, near the Punjab assembly, which claimed the lives of 13 people. But the entire length and breadth of the country has been rocked by a wave of bombings in the last week, including one at a shrine in Sindh which killed 72 people.
Re: Franchises agree to play PSL final in Lahore - ketchim - 02-25-2017
http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan-super-league-2016-17/content/story/1084014.html
Let's be clear about a few things:
Fans in Pakistan will weather any security-related inconveniences to ensure that
the Gaddafi Stadium will be overflowing on the day.
Cricket-starved enthusiasts will overcome any obstacle to get their fix
and the PSL desire to give them a taste of what is ultimately their own
competition is worth appreciating.
There is a very good chance that the game will take place without a hitch,
even if it requires the city to be in effective lockdown.