Pakistan Super League (PSL) team Quetta Gladiators Head coach and mentor Sir Vivian Richard has blamed its foreign players who pulled out at the last moment for the loss in the final played in Lahore.
Peshawar Zalmi defeated Quetta Gladiators by 58 runs in the PSL final on Sunday at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium.
"The new players had not practiced with us," the former West Indies cricketer said while talking to a private news channel.
England cricketers Kevin Pietersen, Luke Wright and Tymal Mills along with South Africas Rilee Rossouw pulled out of the tournament, after Gladiators achieved one-run victory against Peshawar Zalmi in the first play-off.
The new Quetta's players in the final included Bangladeshs Anamul Haque, Sean Ervine from Zimbabwe, Morne van Wyk from South Africa and Rayad Emerit from West Indies.
Talking about the recent PSL spot fixing scandal he said that in his times cricket was considered a "gentleman's game". "Match fixing is wrong. The new money in the game of cricket has changed its dynamics," he said.
About his cricketing years he said he admired former Pakistani players Javed Miandad and Imran Khan.
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