Terrorist attack
Jul 3 2009, Sreelata Yellamrazu

The last time the two teams met was in the final of the ICC World Twenty20 in England. But the last time these two teams met on a Test cricket pitch was back in March when Lahore saw a terrorist outfit reduce cricketers to mere hapless...

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