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# England's safety at the 2011 Cricket World Cup is under threat, warns
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security expert
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## England's safety at next year's World Cup in Asia, and that of the 13
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other national teams, will be put at risk from terrorist attacks unless there
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is a sudden and major change of strategy, a security expert has warned.
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![Cricket World Cup-Call for armoured buses at next year's cricket World
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Cup][1]
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Line of fire: England's cricketers lined up in the Caribbean to pay their
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respects to the victims of the Lahore terrorist attacks - now a security
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expert is saying the players must be bettrer protected at next year's World
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Cup Photo: REUTERS
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[![Scyld Berry][2]][3]
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By [Scyld Berry][4] 10:53PM GMT 11 Dec 2010
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The current proposal is for the 14 World Cup teams to travel in ordinary buses
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from airport to hotel to ground in the three countries hosting the tournament
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- India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh - in February and March. An armed local
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police officer is due to be on board each bus, which will be accompanied by
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escort vehicles.
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In the light of the terrorist attack in Lahore in March 2009, when gunmen
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killed eight people and injured several of Sri Lanka's Test cricketers after
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bullets pierced their bus, such arrangements are "hopelessly inadequate", says
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the expert, who is calling for bomb-resistant buses to be provided, at a cost
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of between £290,000 and £330,000 each.
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To stage the World Cup, the organisers have been given £84 million by the
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International Cricket Council. Providing the relative security of bomb-
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resistant buses would cost an estimated £4.2 million, or five per cent of
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their total budget.
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Before the Lahore attack, the perception was that sportsmen in Asia, and
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particularly cricketers, would never be threatened by terrorists. That theory
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died with the eight victims in Lahore.
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It is understood that the greatest fear of World Cup security advisers is of
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an attack on a team in transit by road. Promises by organisers to clear roads
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for team buses in the three host countries are not regarded as reliable.
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In addition to the attack directly on Sri Lanka's cricketers in Lahore,
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terrorists struck in November 2008 at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, where
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officials and players were gathering for the inaugural Champions League, which
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had to be cancelled.
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Earlier this year a bomb went off at the stadium in Bangalore where an Indian
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Premier League match was about to be staged. The players, including Kevin
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Pietersen, were assured that the ground was safe before the game went ahead,
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but more bombs were found in the stadium after the match.
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Bomb-resistant buses were considered by IPL officials for the eight teams in
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this year's competition, but not in time for them to be delivered.
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