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Lorgat"I've been to Lahore on a number of occasions in the last few months and I'm quite comforted by what I see. I'm also getting an understanding and appreciation that some of the unsafe areas are not where the games will be played.

"It's safe to say Pakistan have had a very unpleasant few years not being able to play cricket at home and it's perfectly understandable that most of the other cricket nations were unwilling to go there but we can't have that situation for ever," he said.

Perhaps if Mr Lorgat had been 'wandering' around some of those areas with a pale complexion he would see things in a different manner. That is of course, unlike some of the foreign aid workers who have been murdered there in the last few years, he was still here to tell us about it.
Of course we should take reassurance that terrorists don't go into 'safe areas'. No wonder we constantly deride cricket administrators for their lack of any feeling for the game and its various participants.

Durhams Phil Mustard seem to think its "worth the risk" (for £100000) to play in Pakistan.

Idiot.

Just have a guess ?

No, load of made up bull about finance and logistics.

The excuses do indeed sound decidedly implausible.

A more plausible explanation from some Pakistan fans on the "Pakpassion" cricket forum is that it's because they weren't able to attract interest from enough big name foreign players, and that getting big name foreigners to come was the main region for wanting to launch the PSL in the first place. If they're not going to come, rather than having a bunch of second and third rate foreign players coming over, which would potentially damage the PSL's prestige, they might as well stick with their existing successful domestic T20 format.

The excuses do indeed sound decidedly implausible.

A more plausible explanation from some Pakistan fans on the "Pakpassion" cricket forum is that it's because they weren't able to attract interest from enough big name foreign players, and that getting big name foreigners to come was the main region for wanting to launch the PSL in the first place. If they're not going to come, rather than having a bunch of second and third rate foreign players coming over, which would potentially damage the PSL's prestige, they might as well stick with their existing successful domestic T20 format.