Colombo, Mar. 4 : In an article for the Telegraph, Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara writes that in hindsight every players in the team was just to naive to think that they would not be attacked by extremists.

Recalling the incident, he said Tuesday started as just another day in Lahore: a morning report to the fitness trainer to check our hydration levels, a quick breakfast and cup of coffee and an 8.30 a. m. departure to the ground.

Wellington, Mar. 4 : New Zealand Cricket CEO Justin Vaughan has had a change of heart about the team touring Pakistan in the wake of Tuesday's terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricketers.

According to stuff. co. nz, the New Zealand cricket board is yet to take a final decision on the proposed tour to Pakistan later this year, he said today, hours after telling Radio New Zealand that: "We are not going."

Trinidad and Tobago (West Indies), Mar. 4: England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has said that Tuesday’s attack on Sri Lankan cricketers means that every cricketer in the world is a target for terrorist attack.

Strauss said: “You never feel vulnerable until something like this then you’re always feeling vulnerable.

“Wherever we go in the world, we have very good security but I suppose this proves that, no matter how much security, there is always a chance that something can happen,” The Sun quoted him, as saying.

Melbourne, Mar. 4: Champion former Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne has declared Pakistan a no-go zone, saying that the safety of players and officials should be of paramount importance.

"I can''t believe this has happened. This is an absolute tragedy," the Herald Sun quoted Warne as saying yesterday.

"It''s terrible. People have been killed and I just hope that those who have been injured are all OK. Our hearts and thoughts are with those people,” he added.

"This series will be a test for him. Till now, he has done well in the sub-continent…”

That was Sourav Ganguly talking to the media about MS Dhoni before the Kiwi series. The guy won the first T20 world cup in South Africa, won a tri-series in Australia which was a first for India, beat the Sri Lankans on their own turf twice in succession, etc, etc, and still the doubts persist. Or is it envy?

The grimmest issue for cricket could be the future of the 2011 World Cup, which was to be jointly hosted by India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. With players and governments from across the cricket world ranged against playing in Pakistan, the World Cup itinerary may have to be restructured, with Pakistan out of the scheme of things. This might be irksome to the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which has leaned heavily on the Pakistan Cricket Board for votes to establish its near-hegemony. But now the BCCI may be left with no choice in the matter.

Intelligence reports coupled with popular sentiment are likely to compel the Indian government to take a stand, as it did for the tour which was scrapped late last year.