Sri Lankan cricket team returns home

June 17th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani police have arrested a man suspected of involvement in the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in March this year, a media report said Wednesday. The suspect, identified as Zubair, has been arrested.

April 6th, 2009 KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Monday came under a scathing attack from one of its former chiefs who said the board has adopted double standards in dealing with fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar. Khalid Mehmood, a former PCB chairman, claimed Shoaib to be unfit and felt youngsters should have got a look-in instead of the 33-year-old bowler.

March 19th, 2009 COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan cricket board would soon appoint a security officer, who will be incharge of the team's safety at home and abroad. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)'s decision to appoint a security personnel comes after the national team was attacked by gunmen in Lahore earlier this month.

March 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has zeroed in on the alleged mastermind of last week's terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, a media report said Monday. 'The Lahore police have named the mastermind as Mohammad Aqeel.

March 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood actress and co-owner of IPL team Rajasthan Royals Shilpa Shetty has expressed her disappointment that her cricket squad won't be able to play at their own stable due to the rescheduling of the Twenty20 blitzkrieg. The Indian cricketing extravaganza is being re-planned due to security issues after the recent attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Pakistan and also because its dates clashed with the Lok Sabha election schedule.

March 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Strongly condemning the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, former president Pervez Musharraf Thursday termed it a conspiracy against Pakistan. 'Whatever happened was very bad.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has condemned the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan, calling it 'horrid'. He has also urged people around the world to live in 'strength and defiance'.

March 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, in which six escorting security personnel were killed and seven members of the squad injured, was the handiwork of the enemies of Pakistan-Sri Lanka friendship, Pakistan said Tuesday. 'Full investigation is being carried out into the attack and the perpetrators of this heinous crime would be given exemplary punishment,' Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit said in a statement.

March 4th, 2009 WELLINGTON - The New Zealand cricket team Wednesday cancelled their tour of Pakistan scheduled in November after Tuesday's terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore. 'We're not going and I think that's pretty clear,' New Zealand Cricket (NZC) chief executive Justin Vaughan said.

March 4th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam Tuesday urged the cricket world to support Pakistan in its time of need after a highly-organised ambush on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore that put a big question mark on the future of the game in the country. 'Now is the time when we need the support of the cricket world the most,' said Alam.

March 4th, 2009 COLOMBO - The Sri Lankan government said Tuesday the attack on the country's cricket team in Pakistan will not affect the relationship between the two countries. Speaking to reporters in Colombo on the attack, Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona said, 'This incident is unlikely to cause restraints between the two countries.' He also said Sri Lanka was confident that the Pakistani government would do their utmost to apprehend and bring to justice the perpetrators of this dastardly attack.

March 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A shootout took place Tuesday morning near the Gaddafi cricket ground in Lahore as the Sri Lankan cricket team was passing by, Geo TV said.

March 3rd, 2009 LAHORE - Five policemen were killed and six Sri Lankan cricket team members were injured Tuesday morning when gunmen opened fire at the bus carrying the cricketers here, the police said. 'Six of our players were wounded during the shooting incident targeting the Test team travelling to the match venue at Lahore.

March 3rd, 2009 MUMBAI - The Indian cricket board Tuesday expressed its shock over the dastardly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore. 'The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) expresses its sorrow and anguish over the dastardly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team at Lahore.

January 15th, 2009 KOLKATA - Sri Lankan fast bowler Chaminda Vaas Friday said that International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings were no indicator of a player's calibre and Sachin Tendulkar would always be regarded as an all time great batsman. Vaas' comments came in the wake of the Tendulkar being placed 26th in ICC's all-time great ranking.