Pakistan touts PSL final in pitch to host foreign teams

FILE PHOTO: A Pakistani spectator holds a national flag as he waits for his turn to enter Gaddafi Cricket Stadium to watch a hugely anticipated finals of its domestic cricket league, Pakistan Super League (PSL) in Lahore, Pakistan, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood

KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - The trouble-free Pakistan Super League (PSL) cricket final, held in Karachi on Sunday amid a festival atmosphere, has reignited calls for foreign national teams to look past security concerns and play regular cricket in Pakistan.

The South Asian nation has largely been starved of international cricket since the 2009 attack on a bus ferrying Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore which killed eight Pakistanis as well as wounding six players and a British coach.