The attack on Sri Lanka's cricket team is the first major attack on international sports stars in more than 35 years.
The incident evoked memories of when Palestinian militants attacked Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich and of a series of attacks which have cast a cloud over cricket tours in south Asian countries in recent years.
Former England cricketer Dominic Cork, who was caught up in today's attack, called for international cricketers to avoid Pakistan in the future and, just three months ago, the English team flew home from India early following the Mumbai attacks which killed about 170 people on November 26
Source:www.metro.co.uk Biggest terror attacks on cricket matches
