Afridi: PSL should be played at home

Afridi, who is Pakistan's T20 captain, said: "It would be great if PSL could have been held in Pakistan. As we were talking about the revival of cricket in Pakistan after the Zimbabwe tour to Pakistan, we started to hope that cricket would continue to be played here.

"Our cricket should be played within our own territory. It looks good if our grounds get revived, filled with crowds and our own players get the maximum benefit out of it.

"I am not worried if foreign players come or not, but what is important is the revival of cricket in Pakistan and (that) our youngsters get opportunity to play in front of big crowds."

Shahid should contact Lloyds of London and see what is the Premium :

for Life Insurance as well as property damage to Bus and Gears  :-[

Interesting line by Afridi saying that he doesn't care if foreign players come or not, he just wants the youngsters to play in front of big crowds. Without those foreign players, what are the chances that these games would draw big crowds?

Getting the big name players to come and play is ultimately what will sell tickets. With no star players, isn't it likely that the youngsters will be playing in front of empty stadiums?

so who will go watch it in Dubai

According to the official PSL website:

Quote:There are five teams suggested to participate in the inaugural season of the Pakistan Super League. The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced that for the first 3 years, the league will consist of five teams with a total of 16 players that will include 5 foreign players and 11 Pakistani nationals including at least two emerging players. The PCB has ambitious plans to expand the league in the fourth season to eight teams with a 59-match tournament. these will be played in Lahore, Karachi. Here’s the official PSL teams list for the 2016 inaugural season.

If the five foreign players per team is true, that would account for 25 foreign-born players. However, there are already 24 players that have already been confirmed to be a part of the PSL. The actual number should be 25 as Michael Carberry has also announced that he will be a part of the PSL but his name is not on the confirmed list. I believe that Dwayne Smith has also been confirmed too, so that would bring the number to 26. Plus, Sangakkara has also expressed an interest in being a part, so I think there will be more than 25 foreigners playing in the PSL.

International signings in the PSL so far:

Australia: Brad Hodge

England: Kevin Pietersen, Ravi Bopara, Luke Wright, Tim Bresnan, Jade Dernbach, Chris Jordan

West Indies: Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Darren Sammy, Sunil Narine, Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell, Lendl Simmons, Denesh Ramdin, Jason Holder

New Zealand: Jesse Ryder, Grant Elliott, James Franklin

Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan

Sri Lanka: Angelo Mathews, Lasith Malinga, Thisara Perera

South Africa: Johan Botha

http://psl.cricket.com.pk/teams/

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Methink alcohol is sold in hotels

Nineteen of the twenty IPL matches held in the UAE last year were complete sell-outs with an estimated total of 250,000+ fans in attendance. So, there definitely appears to be a market for T20 matches here.

http://www.thenational.ae/sport/cricket/...es-uae-leg

Is afridi trying to be a politician

http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/conten...21613.html

Band of brothers: Peshawar's success owes a lot to the fact that their players play for each other !

They may not get a franchise to themselves, but they have shown through teamwork, discipline and an unorthodox coach

that Pakistan's new T20 league needs them ~

http://www.espncricinfo.com/haeir-t20-20...15655.html

Goog Lee Afghan tribe : walk across to Peshawar ! 

and end up with an Arab Mughal team