LAHORE: New Zealand and Islamabad United batsman Colin Munro has withdrawn from the sixth edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Colin Munro will not be available because of difficulties with finding quarantine space for his return to New Zealand after the competition. Munro was scheduled to head straight to Pakistan after the conclusion of the Big Bash League where he is part of the Perth Scorchers.
However, the quarantine system put in place by the New Zealand government requires places to be booked in advance and having delayed in applying, the earliest Munro would have been able to find a slot after the PSL was in mid-May.
“I’m very disappointed to be missing out because Islamabad were really good to me,” Munro said. “They retained me knowing I was going to go there straight after the Big Bash but I just couldn’t get any quarantine booked in time.”
“The PSL finishes on the 23rd [22nd] of March and I could only get back into the country in the middle of May then another two weeks on top of that. It’s tough, but the world the way it is maybe that’s a silver lining – spend some more time at home with the family and get ready for whatever is next.”
Munro, who was retained this year by the two-time champions, scored 248 runs from eight games at an average of 35.42 and a strike rate of 147.61 in eight games of the previous edition.
