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Mar 19, 2009
Mar 3, 2009
Black Day for Cricket
A bloody attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team's bus in Pakistan has rocked the sport and cast doubt on future tours to the terrorism-plagued country.A dozen masked men with rifles, grenades and rocket launchers yesterday ambushed the team's convoy close to the main sports stadium in the eastern city of Lahore on the third day of the second test against Pakistan.
Eight people were killed and at least six players wounded as police fought off the attackers in a 15-minute battle in which a rocket narrowly missed the team bus."It was terrible. The van driver died in front of us. I am lost for words," Australian umpire Steve Davis said.
Masked attackers crept through trees as they fired guns and grenades.
"There was a blast first, then we heard firing. A rocket launcher was also fired at the bus which narrowly missed"
The injured players included captain Mahela Jayawardene, vice-captain Kumar Sangakkara, Thilan Samaraweera, Chaminda Vaas, Ajantha Mendis and Tharanga Paranavitana.
Samaraweera and Paranavitana were taken to hospital with shrapnel wounds in the chest and leg respectively. The rest of the Sri Lankan tour was canceled.
The New Zealand and Indian cricket teams donned black armbands at the halfway point of their one-day match in Napier last night as a mark of respect for their Sri Lankan counterparts and those killed in the attack.
And lets not for get why the Sri Lankan Cricket team were there. It could have been the indian crciket team if they had not canceled their tour to Pakistan. Srilanka was merely covering for India.Any which way this has been a BLACK day for Cricket. Most certainly it would work as the death nail in the coffin of already frail Pakistan cricket and also raises doubts about Pakistan hosting matches for the 2011 ICC cricket World Cup.
ICC should seriously consider banning Pakistan from hosting international cricket no country will be willing to play in Pakistan anyway.This would invariably affect the sense of safety international players felt in spite all the terror incidents due to the mad love of people in the sub-continent[India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka] for cricket as this was a direct attack on cricketers.
Eight people were killed and at least six players wounded as police fought off the attackers in a 15-minute battle in which a rocket narrowly missed the team bus."It was terrible. The van driver died in front of us. I am lost for words," Australian umpire Steve Davis said.
Masked attackers crept through trees as they fired guns and grenades.
"There was a blast first, then we heard firing. A rocket launcher was also fired at the bus which narrowly missed"
The injured players included captain Mahela Jayawardene, vice-captain Kumar Sangakkara, Thilan Samaraweera, Chaminda Vaas, Ajantha Mendis and Tharanga Paranavitana.
Samaraweera and Paranavitana were taken to hospital with shrapnel wounds in the chest and leg respectively. The rest of the Sri Lankan tour was canceled.
The New Zealand and Indian cricket teams donned black armbands at the halfway point of their one-day match in Napier last night as a mark of respect for their Sri Lankan counterparts and those killed in the attack.
And lets not for get why the Sri Lankan Cricket team were there. It could have been the indian crciket team if they had not canceled their tour to Pakistan. Srilanka was merely covering for India.Any which way this has been a BLACK day for Cricket. Most certainly it would work as the death nail in the coffin of already frail Pakistan cricket and also raises doubts about Pakistan hosting matches for the 2011 ICC cricket World Cup.
ICC should seriously consider banning Pakistan from hosting international cricket no country will be willing to play in Pakistan anyway.This would invariably affect the sense of safety international players felt in spite all the terror incidents due to the mad love of people in the sub-continent[India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka] for cricket as this was a direct attack on cricketers.
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