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BCCI asks NZC to provide additional security to Team India

BCCI asks NZC to provide additional security to Team IndiaNagpur, Mar 3 : In the wake of Tuesday's terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has asked New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to provide additional security to the Indian team.

Indian team is in a 47-days tour of New Zealand.

Addressing the reporters here, BCCI president Shashank Manohar said that he has asked the team's manager Niranjan Shah to take extra precautions regarding the player's safety and security.

India condemns attack on Lankan cricketers in Pakistan

Prana MukherjeeNew Delhi, Mar 3 : India on Tuesday condemned the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Pakistan and whished speedy recovery of injured players.

New Delhi has asked Islamabad to take urgent and meaningful steps to dismantle the terror infrastructure, as Pakistani terrorists are a threat to the world peace.

Talking to reporters here, External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee asked Pakistan to take bold and courageous steps to deal with this menace. He said India had to cancel the tour of cricket team to Pakistan, as New Delhi was aware that Islamabad is not a safe place.

Cricket Australia expresses shock over Lahore attack

Cricket-AustraliaMelbourne, Mar. 3 : Cricket Australia (CA) has expressed shock over the Lahore terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket players in which six Lankan players were wounded.

Condemning the ghastly act, Cricket Australia CEO, James Sutherland said that CA was shocked to hear the news of the attack, and strongly condemns the incident.

"Australian cricket has many friends in Sri Lanka and in Pakistan and we sincerely hope they are all safe after this awful incident,'''' The Courier Mail quoted Sutherland, as saying.

Cricket condemns attack on Sri Lankan team

Sri-Lanka Cricket logoDubai, UAE - Cricket's world governing body Tuesday condemned the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan.

"We note with dismay and regret the events of this morning in Lahore and we condemn this attack without reservation," chief executive Haroon Lorgat of the Dubai-based International Cricket Council (ICC) said Tuesday.

"It is a source of great sadness that there have been a number of fatalities in this attack and it is also very upsetting for the wider cricket family that some of the Sri Lanka players and one match official have been injured in this attack.

Strauss’ frustration over being done in by ‘deadest turf in the world’

Strauss’ frustration over being done in by ‘deadest turf in the world’London, Mar 3: England cricket captain Andrew Strauss expressed his total frustration after a boring draw killed his dream of winning his first series.

The skipper was helpless to prevent his bowlers being neutralised by the “deadest turf in the world,” The Sun reported.

The Fourth Test produced the astronomical total of 1,628 runs for just 17 wickets - an unacceptably warped balance between bat and ball.

Sri Lankan players dived to bus floor to evade indiscriminate firing

Lahore, Mar. 3: The commando attack on the Sri Lankan players’ on Tuesday here had Lankan players ducking inside their seats of the bus they were traveling -in to secure themselves.

Talking to reporters shortly after the attack, Sri Lanka Captain Mahela Jayawardene said that the attackers first targeted the wheels of the bus and then opened indiscriminate firing on the bus.

Jayawardene also confirmed that five players were injured in the ambush, but luckily no one sustained serious injuries.

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