Mark Wood admits he’s “worried” on the prospect of England going again to Pakistan after a lethal gun attack which injured former cricketer and now politician Imran Khan.
England toured Pakistan for the primary time since 2005 only a few weeks in the past to contest seven T20s, having contentiously aborted final yr’s journey, and are as a consequence of head again for a Test sequence in December.
While Wood was glowing at how England had been handled throughout their 4-3 T20 sequence win, he’s uneasy about a return after Khan was wounded in his leg when photographs had been fired on his convoy throughout a protest march on Thursday.
One supporter was killed on the scene and 9 others injured however Khan reportedly escaped critical damage in Wazirabad, within the Punjab area.
Blurry footage appeared to point out the 70-year-old, who captained Pakistan to World Cup glory in 1992, acutely aware as he was taken away in a car with bandaging round his decrease proper leg.
But an incident which imperilled one of Pakistan’s most celebrated cricketers and an ex-Prime Minister would possibly lead the England and Wales Cricket Board to evaluate its safety preparations to the nation.
The ECB had no remark about the state of affairs however Wood will likely be guided by safety consultants as to the subsequent steps, as he’s half of the squad set to land in Pakistan on November 26 for a three-Test sequence.
“First of all he’s an ex-cricketer so it’s close to home for us,” Wood mentioned. “You respect ex-players and everybody who’s played the game. It’s obviously hugely sad news to hear that as a group.
“From the security we had I can only mention what we came across and it was fantastic – we were looked after really well.
“But I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried because you’re going back there when there’s been trouble.
“If you break it down and think what it was like when we were there it was pretty good for us, we were looked after really well. So it’ll be for people above me to decide whatever happens.
“Obviously it’s worrying when you’re going back there as a cricketer and there’s unrest in the country but that’s for their country to deal with not for us.
“We’ll be told and we trust our security guys that tell us what to do so if they say all’s fine then we go but I don’t know if this changes it.”
Bulletproof buses, devoted safety groups, extra uniformed and plain garments police and snipers had been all readily available to ensure England’s most up-to-date journey to Pakistan handed off with out incident.
It is known the ECB’s long-time safety advisor Reg Dickason is supervising preparations for the Test tour on an ongoing foundation and common talks are happening with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
New recommendation from each could possibly be incoming, although discuss of a cancellation seems untimely at this stage.
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