Pak vs SL

PCB did not want Lahore to host Sri Lanka Test
Ijaz Butt has said the PCB had wanted to host the second Test of the Sri Lanka series in Karachi instead of Lahore


Sri Lankan outfit behind Lahore attack - Pakistan PM
Gilani indicated that he had met Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapakse during a recent visit to Libya, and it was Rajapakse who linked elements in Sri Lanka to the terror act


Sri Lankan cricketers receive counselling
Sri Lanka's cricketers and officials, who were attacked by terrorists in Lahore, are undergoing post traumatic counselling in Colombo


Less security for Pakistan Tests compared to ODIs - Bayliss
Trevor Bayliss has come out in defence of Chris Broad, against whom the Pakistan board has complained to the ICC


Kill cricket, create terrorists, warns Younis
Younis Khan has appealed to cricket's administrators to save the game in Pakistan, or risk pushing future generations into the clutches of terrorists


Murali questions security lapse
Muttiah Muralitharan has questioned whether the terrorists who perpetrated Tuesday's attack on the Sri Lankans had received inside information as to the team's movements


Security 'left us to be sitting ducks' claims Broad
Chris Broad landed back in Manchester and launched a stinging attack on the security in Lahore at the time of yesterday's attack which left eight people dead, while expressing his concern that the incident sounds a 'death knell' for cricket in Pakistan


Can't force teams to play here unless security improves - Butt
Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, Has admitted that it will be very difficult to convince any team to tour Pakistan in the immediate future following the terror-strikes which nearly claimed the lives of the Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore on Tuesday


Australia ready to host World Cup matches
Australia has offered to host matches of the 2011 World Cup if the subcontinent loses its hosting rights over security issues, James Sutherland, Cricket Australia's chief executive, has said


Hunt on for attackers
Pakistan have begun hunting the terrorists who attacked the bus carrying Sri Lanka's cricketers to the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore on Tuesday.


Our terror background helped - Jayawardene
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has attributed his players' immediate reaction in taking cover when terrorists attacked their team bus in Lahore to the situation in his own country


Umpire Ahsan Raza still in critical condition, but improving
Ahsan Raza, the fourth umpire for the second Test in Lahore, is in a critical condition after reportedly being shot in the back during the armed raid on the Sri Lankan team on Tuesday


Pakistan team had narrow escape - Younis
Younis Khan, the Pakistan captain, has said his team were fortunate to escape the terrorist strike on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore on Tuesday


ICC refuses to be drawn on 2011 World Cup
ICC president David Morgan has played down suggestions that the 2011 World Cup will be moved away from Pakistan where some of the matches are scheduled to be staged


'What I'm feeling most is disbelief'
Trevor Bayliss, the Sri Lanka coach, who was in the team bus when the attack took place, spoke to Cricinfo while waiting to be airlifted out of Pakistan


'Cricketers will be more alert' - Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Daniel Vettori express concern at the terror attacks in Lahore


Providence and presence of mind
The bus driver who drove the Sri Lankans to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Mehar Mohammad Khalil, has recounted the chilling moments of the shootout which nearly claimed himself and the lives of the players


New reality dawns as Australia look for neutral series in England
Cricket Australia officials will meet in Dubai on Thursday with counterparts from Pakistan to discuss moving the scheduled 2010 Test series to England. The discussions will take place a day after New Zealand Cricket announced it would not travel to Pakist


Sri Lankan cricketers injured in terror attack
A shoot out occurred in Lahore close to the Gaddafi Stadium which left five Sri Lankan players injured and another eight people dead


In-form Samaraweera eyes one-day spot
Thilan Samaraweera attributes the dramatic upswing in fortunes to a few technical adjustments he has made


 

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