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Security has been stepped up ahead of Friday's second Test between South Africa and Australia, after Tuesday's terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team.
A dozen gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan bus in Lahore, Pakistan, on Tuesday wounding six players.
"It's a big reality check," South Africa captain Graeme Smith said. "Maybe the ICC needs certain security requirements in place wherever you go.
"It shows that all measures have to be taken to avoid teams being at risk."
Smith, whose team trail Australia 1-0 in the current Test series, said the gun attacks brought back memories for his players, who had toured Pakistan recently.
"It was obviously a major talking point for the team as we travelled down to Durban and it was pretty emotional because it resonated with us," he said.
"It was only in September 2007 that we were travelling down that same road in Lahore and to picture yourself sitting in the bus preparing for the day's play and a rocket and a grenade fly past the window is pretty scary."
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Meanwhile, Australia skipper Ricky Ponting said no immediate decision should be made on the 2011 World Cup, which is due to be jointly hosted by Pakistan.
"It would be irresponsible to look as far ahead as that, but we need to think long and hard about the dangers that are out there," he said.
"Security probably needs to be beefed up, and even here in Durban that has happened just to make the guys feel more secure.
"It was really saddening to see what happened and it was very close to home for us because there were Australian umpires involved and our physiotherapist, Alex Kountouris, worked with the Sri Lankan team for five years so he knows a lot of the guys very well."
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