Pakistan has hosted a glut of international cricket in recent times. It marks a victory over terrorism that had thrust the cricket-crazed country into isolation. Cricket
Against the backdrop of isolation triggered by a deadly attack in 2009, international cricket has gravitated back to Pakistan.
Leaders in cricket and government were doing everything they could in a bid to prevent a repeat of the 2009 attack, when a convoy of the Sri Lankan team's bus and a van transporting match officials was targeted by 12 militants in Lahore. "We're not going and I think that's pretty clear," said James Vaughan, New Zealand Cricket's then chief executive."It's very frightening that for the first time a cricket team appears to be the specific target of terrorist action. That's never happened before. All previous incidents have been about being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Nor could millions of Pakistanis witness live Yasir Shah's eight-wicket haul against the Kiwis in 2018.Ben Stokes leads his England teammates out for a Test against Pakistan in Multan in 2022.
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