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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dinayalb" data-source="post: 4082980" data-attributes="member: 38095">Sri Lanka cricketers wounded in shootingMarch 3, 2009 - 3:39PMEight members of Sri Lanka's national cricket team have been wounded after gunmen opened fire on their vehicle in eastern Pakistan, a Pakistani cricket official says.Pakistan Cricket Board security official Nadeem Iqbal said the team members were hurt on Tuesday near the Lahore stadium where they were being driven to play.Sri Lankan team manager Brendon Kruppu confirmed the incident and said batsman Kumar Sangakkara, was among the injured.Sri Lankan Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge named two injured players as Tharanga Paranavitana and Thilan Samaraweera and said they were taken to hospital in Lahore after the shooting.Skipper Mahela Jayawardena was slightly wounded in the foot, his father told a local television station after speaking with him by telephone.The team bus came under fire as the players headed to the Gaddafi stadium for the third day of the second Test against Pakistan."We are assessing the situation,'' Pakistan cricket board chief Ejaz Butt said.Security concerns have plagued Pakistan for years and some foreign sports teams including from Australia have refused to play in the troubled nation.AFP/AP</blockquote>

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