British cricket coach lucky to be alive after attack which left six dead in Pakistan
The British assistant coach of the Sri Lankan cricket team said he was "very lucky" to be alive today after being injured in a bloody attack which killed at least six police officers in Pakistan.
Former Kent and Middlesex cricketer Paul Farbrace suffered minor injuries when about a dozen masked gunmen armed with rifles and rocket-launchers attacked the team bus near Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium.
At least six police officers and one civilian were killed in the attack, which also injured seven members of the Sri Lankan team.
Farbrace said: "People have talked about grenades, rocket-launchers and all sorts but I have to say I wasn't aware of too much because I was lying on the floor of the coach and just hoping to God I wasn't going to be struck.
"We all got off the coach, thankfully, because of our driver, who we have just met again and thanked him profusely for his unbelievable efforts to get us out of there - we were very lucky that he was able to get us out of the situation."
