Broad witnessed worst of Lahore attack

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Broad senior, 51, was following the Sri Lankan team's coach when it was ambushed by a dozen masked gunmen close to the Gaddafi Stadium, where day three of the second Test against Pakistan was due to take place. The former England opening batsman, now an International Cricket Council match referee, threw himself on top of local umpire Ahsan Raza when they too came under fire.

"My dad saw things that he never expected to see and he never wants to see again," said Stuart Broad, who was travelling with the England team to Trinidad from Barbados. "It was dreadful. I spoke to him in the early hours of the morning and he was obviously very shook up by it all. It has obviously been really heart-breaking for him."

The Test series between the two Asian countries was immediately scrapped in the immediate aftermath of the attack and the Sri Lankan players not requiring hospital treatment were flown out of the ground, where they had taken refuge, by helicopter.

"He got safely out of Pakistan to Abu Dhabi, I think," Stuart Broad, 22, added. "He is safe and well and looking forward to getting back to the UK.

"Not just for my old man, but for the whole of the Sri Lankan side, it is a dreadful thing to have happened.

"Luckily none of them got seriously injured and they've escaped okay.

"It is just an horrific incident and we all feel for them because we can sort of relate to the situation.

"Obviously our condolences go out to the families and loved ones who lost people in the incident."