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Broad fury at Pakistan security

Former England batsman Chris Broad has described his anger at the insufficient security in Pakistan which left him and other match officials "sitting ducks" during the terrorist attack in Lahore on Tuesday.

The van carrying Broad and other officials to the Gaddafi Stadium for the third day of the second Test came under fire as gunmen also targeted the Sri Lanka team bus.

Broad, who expressed fears for his security before the start of the tour, said at a press conference: "I am angry at the Pakistani security forces."

He added: "We were promised high level security and in our hour of need that security vanished and they left us to be sitting ducks."

Broad continued: "I had an inkling before the Test match leg of the tour that something might happen.

"I raised my concerns with the ICC before the tour started and they passed on those concerns to the Pakistan Cricket Board and they assured me through email that all security would be taken care of, presidential-style security. And clearly that didn't happen.

"When we were in the van we weren't aware of what was going on outside. But afterwards when you watch the TV pictures you can clearly see the white van we were in, in the middle of a roundabout and not a sign of a policeman anywhere."

The 51-year-old's bravery has been highlighted after he lay on top of the critically injured local umpire Ahsan Raza in the van, the driver of which was killed by gunfire.

But Broad, struggling to hide his emotion, 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."

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