Sri Lankan Cricketers Attacked in Pakistan – Jayasuriya, Inzamam, Miandad Speak
Posted by admin on Mar 3, 2009 in Ze Archive | 9 comments
The Sri Lankan team bus came under a terrorist attack in Pakistan this morning (March 3) as they were heading towards Day 3 of the 2nd Test at Lahore. In this video, Sanath Jayasuriya confirms that all the players are ok though some have been injured – Samaraweera was apparently shot in the chest, while Sangakkara, Jayawardene, Mendis, Vaas and Paranavitana were among those injured. The team expectedly is being taken back home immediately. The video also contains contrasting views by both Inzamam Ul Haq and Javed Miandad on future cricket in Pakistan.
Quite a surprising incident – a while back, Imran Khan had urged the Indian team to continue with their tour (which was replaced by this SL tour), saying that terrorists would never attack cricket as they would lose all sympathy for any of their causes. In principle, he’s probably right, but given this incident, which country’s board would dare to send their team to Pakistan at least for another year. Miandad’s argument about England coming back to complete their tour of India doesn’t make sense cos there is no way KP and the rest would step into even Goa if they had been personally attacked. Inzamam’s point about teams being fearful of even playing Pakistan outside of Pak is a scary thought – what happens to the fans of Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar around the world. When and will we get to see them in the near future – considering Pakistan players will not be participating in the IPL.
sam
What a shame.
buat bura huwa ……….
damn is was a shame for cricket thank god they are safe………wel now as srilankans we are nottour in Pakistan for ever.
wat to say?… one of the pakistan minister is blaming it on india. “we have proofs” he added. What a joke!!
damn………….
I think Paranavitana was hit by shrapnel in the chest, not Samaraweera. Samaraweera was shot in the leg.
Thank God that the Sri Lankan players are safe.
My condolences to the families of the people who were killed.
I’m srilankan Here.. I think It’s very fortunate.. If any 1 Kill wt will happen. thnkx to Pakistan Bus driver.. Now few people already admitted Hospital for operations. They r safe.
sri lanka shud hv nvr boarded the bus 2 pakistan at the 1st place itself…..
i dont knw hw come a dozen terrorists go missing after the attack…it seems all was pre-planned….no security personal could catch even a single terrorist or even injure them….this is just bullshit…evry thing was preplanned and the pakistani govt is behind this …for sure…
for GODs and everyones lives sake, no one should ever travel a disturbed country like pakistan…….black day in cricket history
this attack on cricket players makes no sense to me; it seems like this would only harm the image of any organization who did it