Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam had noted that the security plan for the two teams were not being followed properly during the Test match in Lahore against Sri Lanka, sources said today.
Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam had noted that the security plan for the two teams were not being followed properly during the Test match in Lahore against Sri Lanka, sources said today.
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Sources in the Pakistan team said Intikhab was not satisfied with some aspects of the security plan for both teams.
"Intikhab specifically asked the police officials to ensure the same routes were not repeated while taking teams from the hotel to the stadium and vice versa," one source said.
He said Intikhab had noted that the same route was used for two successive days that was not advisable according to security experts.
The Pakistan team avoided coming under attack from the terrorists because captain Younis Khan had decided that the Pakistan team bus would leave five minutes after the Sri Lankans from the hotel for the stadium.
Some of the Pakistan players said Younis had only taken this decision to leave late by five minutes for the third day's play as Pakistan was batting after having fielded for two days.
"Normally the team that is fielding leaves early for the ground so that its players can limber up for the day's play," one player said.
ICC match referee Chris Broad has already slammed the security arrangements for the Sri Lankan team and match officials as inadequate and not of state level security as promised by the Pakistani authorities.
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ejaz Butt refuted Broad's assertion and said there was nothing wrong with the security for the Sri Lankan team.
"If the security had been inadequate then six policemen would not have died in the unfortunate incident. I will be talking to the ICC and Broad about his comments on the security arrangements made in Pakistan," Butt said.
He said he would give a detailed reaction to Broad's comments after talking to the ICC and Broad.
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