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Zainub · #1 (**permalink**) 06-04-2005, 11:15 PM

A group of unidentified persons threw stones at the bus carrying Pakistani cricketers outside the Ranjhi Airport on Wednesday, Jang reports at 2340 PST (here). Windowpane of the bus was broken while Pakistani Captain Inzamamul Haq narrowly escaped from injury. After the attack, Pakistan team cancelled the practice schedule in Jamshedpur on Thursday. Manager Pakistan Cricket Team Salim Altaf termed the attack deplorable.

This is quite sad really. I didn't expect this, and although there is a great sense of relief inside me about no one being hurt, it really does make me somewhat sad over all, after the good-will atmosphere in the Pak-India series in Pakistan last year, and a peacful atmosphere even in this one in India so far, accidents of this nature are really dissapointing. Why people would want to hurt a bunch of cricketers who have done nothing to offend them (and who are in fact trailing 0-2 in the series) is beyond comprehension. May be this is simply not just a good time for buses, first the sad incidents in Srinagar, and now this. Sometimes I really struggle to understand the motive behind such acts. Really struggle.

Once again though I have to sit up and appluad the team(almost in wide amusment). I can imagine what sort of reaction any other touring side would have given to such an inccident, it would have taken a momentus effort on the part of the BCCI to persuade them to continue with their tour and not abondon it, but what do Pakistan do? Just cancel their practice session, and get the manager to condemn it, and that's the end of it. Huh

. May be I'm over reacting and something more will be said or done about this as this news spreads, but in general, my feeling is that often the PCB has a tendency to be too kind and charitible with both its overseas host and guests.