PCB searching new venue for PSL, home series

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has said that the board is considering alternative venues for the future editions of Pakistan Super League (PSL) and other home matches.

During an interview to a television channel, the chairman said that Malaysia may serve as Pakistan’s adopted home venue in the future. Sethi added that he is visiting Malaysia for this purpose in the first week of March.

Sethi further said that he is leaving for Malaysia to see their grounds. “If the needed arrangements are agreed upon, having Malaysia [as our home venue] would cut our costs in half,” said the PCB chairman.

He elaborated that it may get increasingly difficult for the PCB to hold matches in the UAE if the country starts hosting other league matches as well.

Sethi further said that all the PSL franchises have paid their dues to the PCB, while one or two franchises have yet to pay the remaining half of the fees to their players.