Sri Lankan criket team attacked in Pakistan

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Damn! I'm horrified by this, but at the same time, not surprised. I always wondered to myself whether these security concerns of the teams was really warranted and whether with enough fore-warning they could protect themselves from this type of incident. I guess that answers my question.

Luckily none of the players were seriously injured. Condolences and respect to the men who lost their lives protecting the players from these scum of the earth! What a sad day for sport it is...:(
 
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Not good.
Don't think anyone will want to tour the sub continent now :)
 
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I doubt that it had much to do with sports, Blaze. It's common terrorism - the bolder the better. Hence why many teams, including SA have postponed/cancelled sub-continent tours. This just proves their security concerns to be warranted...
 
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I doubt that it had much to do with sports, Blaze. It's common terrorism - the bolder the better. Hence why many teams, including SA have postponed/cancelled sub-continent tours. This just proves their security concerns to be warranted...
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Mean't it to be sarcastic :D I realise, all they are doing is targeting people in the public eye to make a "bang".
 
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it was very brave of the 'lankans to try & show the rest of the crickeing world that there is nothing wrong with touring pakistan. unfortunately the fanatics had other ideas.

this is real bad for pakistan cricket, they are going to find it near impossible to convince even zim & bangladesh to tour...
 
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I read the Shabir Schaik news article and now this ...

Some mornings you get up, you check the news and it seems like all hell has broken loose :(
 
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I am truly shocked by this news and my sincere condolences go out to families of those who lost their lives protecting the Sri Lankan team. I really feel sorry for the millions of passionate Pakistani cricket fans, as they will probably not witness another international match on their home soil for many years. In fact, this incident has basically put the final nail into the coffin of Pakistani cricket, and that is a huge loss to all of us cricket fans worldwide.
 
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Shootout in Lahore
SL cricketers injured in terror attack
Cricinfo staff
March 3, 2009
Terror struck at the heart of cricket when masked gunmen attacked the bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Five cricketers, including Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, and his deputy Kumar Sangakkara, received minor injuries. The attack also left six security men and two civilians dead.

Ijaz Butt, the PCB chief, said the Test has been called off. Salman Tasheer, the Punjab governor, said a helicopter will soon evacuate the Sri Lankan players from Gaddafi Stadium and take them to a nearby airbase from where the team will fly back to Sri Lanka. Duleep Mendis, the Sri Lanka Cricket chief, said that they were "getting the team back [to Sri Lanka] today".

There have been terror strikes on the peripheries of cricket, but this is the first time players have been directly targeted. The Sri Lankans were on their way to the Gaddafi Stadium when their bus was attacked by five armed terrorists near Liberty market. Habibur Rehman, chief commissioner of police, said 12 masked terrorists fired at the Sri Lankan team bus. The gunmen shot at the wheels of the bus and also injured the driver. A grenade was also thrown at the bus but it missed. The others players injured are Ajantha Mendis, Thilan Samaraweera and Tharanga Paranavitana.

"The bus came under attack as we were driving to the stadium, the gunmen targeted the wheels of the bus first and then the bus," Mahela Jayawardene told Cricinfo. "We all dived to the floor to take cover. About five players have been injured and also Paul Farbrace [a member of the support staff], but most of the injuries appear to be minor at this stage and caused by debris."

Sri Lanka's sports minister Gamini Lokuge said Farbrace and Samaraweera were hospitalised while the others have been discharged. "Mahela and the other three had very minor injuries and they have already reached their hotel," Lokuge said.

The reserve umpire Ahsan Raza was also injured in the attack. Nadeem Ghauri, the TV umpire, who was traveling in a bus behind the Sri Lanka team bus said the firing continued for some time. Umpire Steve Davis, who was on the team bus, called the terrorist attack "terrible". "I'm lost for words," he said.

Speaking from Sri Lanka, Sanath Jayasuriya said that it was an "extremely unfortunate incident. "We've never had this kind of problem," Jayasuriya told CNN-IBN. "They are all safe, that's the good news I got when I spoke to Kumar. I don't they they'll stay back and play. I think they will come back as soon as possible. Depends on the injuries."

The Sri Lankan team had stepped in after the Indian government had barred the Indian team from touring Pakistan after the terror attack in Mumbai.
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the match is abandon, they only playing replays at the moment :( sucks Sri Lanka got a big 500.
 
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The rumor so far is that the shooting is connected with the civil war in Sri-Lanka, it could be tamil tigers or tamil tiger supporters but no evidence yet.
 
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these guys got to have big nerves going up against a team that is made out of mostly batsman, imagine a assault back at them XD
 
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Sad day for cricket and the world in general.

Wonder if tours in india will go the same way.

Im just scared they target the IPL, becuase of the multiple nationalities that will be represented :(
 
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The rumor so far is that the shooting is connected with the civil war in Sri-Lanka, it could be tamil tigers or tamil tiger supporters but no evidence yet.
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i also read that somewere...but i doubt it very much at this stage,
i remember during the last world cup...the tamil tigers and the sri lankan
government had a cease fire whenever the cricket team played...

the cricket team in sri lanka is loved and adored by both sides (the tamil tigers and the sri lankan goverment)

please mind my spelling... and ofcourse as always i stand to be corrected :)
 
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Devill said:
Sad day for cricket and the world in general.

Wonder if tours in india will go the same way.

Im just scared they target the IPL, becuase of the multiple nationalities that will be represented :(
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+1, i dont see the IPL going on, or anyone turning up for it.

pathetic what idiots will do these days
 
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