Archive for March, 2009

Terrorism strikes Cricket
March 4, 2009the beautiful, genteel game of cricket found itself under attack yesterday. reason being some nutjobs decided to use the sri lankan cricket team as live target practice. thankfully non of the cricketers were killed, however seven cricketers and an assistant coach were injured.

sri lankan team bus

damaged police windscreen
for pakistan hovever, the price was higher . six policemen escorting the team bus and a driver were killed in the attacks. a pakistani umpire was also shot and is now in a critical condition. as for pakistani cricket the attacks could not have come at a worst time. teams from australia and india refused to tour pakistan citing security concerns . many including myself were critical of those decisions. however, in hindsight it turned out to be the right one…

bodies of shot policemen
sad day for pakistani, sri lankan and cricket lovers from around the world….
check out the links below….
hunt for lahore cricket attackers













