It seems that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is in denial mode as it filed an official complaint against International cricket council (ICC) match referee Chris Broad, over the comments made by him over the Lahore attacks. PCB’s Saleem Altaf was reported in the cricket news as saying “We believe Broad made unwarranted critical remarks about the security. The proper procedure was to inform the International Cricket Council about his views in his tour report."

PCB Chairman, Ejaz Butt was also quoted in the cricket news saying Broad's comments were "obnoxious" and "totally untrue and fabricated." It is the position of the PCB that it was the “brave (Pakistani) policemen who saved valuable lives.”

Earlier Broad went on record to say that there was "not a sign of a policeman anywhere" and that he and his companions were left as ‘sitting ducks’ for the terrorists and that "We were promised high-level security, and in our hour of need that security vanished."

Umpire Simon Taufel had also expressed similar sentiments in the cricket news as the time and was quoted as having said, “You tell me why supposedly 20 armed commandos were in our convoy and when the team bus got going again, we were left on our own? We were left on our own in our time of need."

Now there is another voice of agreement joining these; that of Sri Lankan coach Trevor Bayliss who has also criticised the security arrangements in Pakistan for the cricket players and officials. "All Chris Broad has done and so have the other officials is, tell the truth as they saw it," Bayliss said. According to him there are “some big questions to be asked by the governing bodies of all the sports (in the subcontinent) not just cricket. “

Bayliss went on to say that security measures in Lahore were of a lower standard than they have been earlier. "Security measures were certainly less than when we were there for the Asia Cup in July last and when for the one-day series only a month before the attack,” he said. "In Karachi we had the small trucks out in the front and some behind. We also had a truck either side of us with guys standing up through the roof with a fixed machine gun. That wasn't there in Lahore so there was probably a little bit less in Lahore than in Karachi and definitely less than what was seen when we were there for the one-day series a month before," he added.

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