We're Asians, who would want to shoot at us in Lahore?
Writing in Sri Lanka's Sunday Times , Chaminda Vaas recalls the horrific shootout in Lahore
Jamie Alter
25-Feb-2013
Writing in Sri Lanka's Sunday Times, Chaminda Vaas recalls the horrific shootout in Lahore. The events of March 3, 2009 had an enormous impact on Vaas and as he comes to terms with what happened he realises that cricket is just a game. While he will continue playing the sport he loves, Vaas does not think he will tour Pakistan again.
At first, the significance of what I saw didn’t sink in. We are sportsmen and especially in the Asian region, the reaction that we are accustomed to is one of adulation, where fans seek autographs and some of them even want to touch and feel us. Who, therefore, would want to carefully take aim and fire at us?
Jamie Alter is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo