Broad 'angry' over lack of security
Chris Broad has angrily criticised security in Pakistan after witnessing Tuesday's terror attack in Lahore.
The former England batsman was match referee for the Pakistan-Sri Lanka third Test and was in a van with other officials when they came under fire.
Six policeman and a driver were killed and seven Sri Lanka players were hurt.
"I am extremely angry that we were promised high-level security and in our hour of need that security vanished," said the ICC official.
He said the officials were left like "sitting ducks" after the security forces ran for cover when the attack happened close to the Gaddafi Stadium.
The driver of Broad's vehicle was killed in the attack and local umpire Ahshan Raza was seriously injured after being shot.
With everyone on the van floor to try to avoid bullets, Broad lay on top of his colleague to protect him.
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Broad, speaking in Manchester after his flight home, said: "I'm not a hero. Ahsan Raza took a bullet to the stomach or chest - somewhere in the spleen and lung region.
"I was lying behind him on the floor of the van and there were bullets flying all around us.
"I only noticed he was injured when I saw a large pool of blood had spilled on to the floor and out of the partially opened van door.
"He's just an umpire who loves the game."
Broad believes it will be very difficult for international cricket to be played in Pakistan in "the foreseeable future" and he called the attacks "the death knell of cricket in Pakistan".
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