
CRICKET IN PAKISTAN DEEMED UNLIKELY
Cricket's governing body will review Pakistan's status as co-host of the 2011 World Cup following the deadly terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team.
The International Cricket Council said Tuesday that national teams would be reluctant to play in Pakistan in the foreseeable future. The violence in Lahore left seven players, an umpire and a coach wounded and six police officers and a driver dead.
"On many occasions we have been told that cricketers would never be targeted in Pakistan," ICC Chairman David Morgan said. "This morning's events have proved that to be quite incorrect."
A dozen men attacked the Sri Lankan team bus on its journey to the stadium for the third day of the second test against the host nation. Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene praised his team's driver for not panicking despite the vehicle being peppered with 25 bullet holes.
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