Gladiators’ foreign cricketers refuse to play in Pakistan
In tweets shortly after the Gladiators win against Zalmi in Sharjah, star batsman Kevin Pietersen, Luke Wright and Tymal Mills confirmed their unavailability for PSL`s final in Lahore.
I’ll pick that up in London tomorrow. Bye bye Dubai! Your weather was ?? but the golf was ??. #FamilyTime https://t.co/jMIMrL26NY
— KP (@KP24) February 28, 2017
Gladiators opener Luke Wright stated in a tweet that he would not participate in the PSL final due to security concerns.
In a late-night message, Tymal Mills also announced his omission from the last game of PSL.
@TeamQuetta @thePSLt20 . pic.twitter.com/4aT80px8zj
— Tymal Mills (@tmills15) February 28, 2017
Other foreign players in the Quetta Gladiators include Nathan McCullum, Mahmudullah, Rilee Rossouw, and Thesara Perrera.
I’m sorry as I know how much it means to you all and hopefully in the future the safety will not be in doubt to come play there. 2/3
— Luke Wright (@lukewright204) February 28, 2017
Quetta Gladiators qualified to play the PSL final in Lahore after defeating Peshawar Zalmi by one run in a nail-biting finish.
With Zalmi chasing 201, the team looked certain to win the first playoff, but they just couldn’t keep their nerves in control off last over and failed to score required 7 runs.
Captain Darren Sammy scored 5 off first three deliveries, but the next three deliveries had something else in the bag. Chris Jordan was caught behind on 4th, while Wahab Riaz and Hassan Ali were run out on 5th and 6th delivery of the over as Gladiators won the game by one run.
It’s with a heavy heart I will not be coming to Lahore. I have a young family and for me a game of cricket is just not worth the risk 1/3
— Luke Wright (@lukewright204) February 28, 2017
Before the breathtaking final over, tremendous batting display by Muhammad Hafeez and Dawid Malan, and entertaining batting by Shahid Afridi had brought Zalmi near to victory.
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