Several international players dropped out of Sunday’s final of the Pakistan Super League over security fears. But among those who chose to play was West Indian Darren Sammy, who led Peshawar Zalmi team to victory. When the second of the two sixes vanished into the stands over long-on, the crowd broke into a chorus of “Sammy, Sammy!” Sammy told the press that he felt he “brought a lot of smiles in Lahore and Peshawar.” He said he was glad he came to experience the atmosphere. It was Pakistan’s largest cricket game in eight years in Lahore, amid an enormous security operation. Eight people died in a 2009 militant attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore, which ended international cricket tours to Pakistan. But the Pakistan Super League Twenty20 final – ended without incident.
