Marlon Samuels fights Pakistan Cricket case with ICC
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Marlon Samuels, who played for the eventual title winners Peshawar Zalmi, has praised the security measures put in place by Pakistan Cricket Board for the PSL final and urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to find ways and means to help revive international cricket in Pakistan.
Expressing his admiration for the security forces who provided a shield for the players featuring in the PSL final, Samuels said that he would like to join the Pakistan army.
In a three-minute video, an emotional Samuels addressed his concern to the sport’s governing body besides thanking the Pakistan army for providing fool proof security.
“ICC, you need to look into cricket going back to Pakistan. Because there is so much Pakistanis waiting and would love to see a lot of cricketers in front of them,” he said.
“Cricket should definitely comeback to Pakistan now and I will continue to promote this until I die,” Samuels said. “I want to take this opportunity to say thank you Pakistan Army for the way they dealt with the things, security was top class, we couldn’t have asked for better security.”
No international matches have taken place in Pakistan since the 2009 terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan side. Efforts to revive cricketing activities haven’t borne fruit as well with the country yet to shrug off the ‘unsafe’ tag even after eight years.
Even a few days before the final, a suicide bomber killed 13 people in Pakistan. A few cricketers, including Luke Wright and Kevin Pietersen had opted out of the final after it was decided that the final would be held in Lahore.
