This week has seen a shocking 14 gunmen attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Pakistan. Six policemen have been killed whilst seven players and officials were injured.

AK47s, grenades and a rocket launcher were all pelted at the Sri Lankan team bus as it headed towards the Gaddafi stadium for the third day's play in the second test against Pakistan. Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab, said: "This was a planned terrorist attack. They had heavy weapons.

"These were the same methods and the same sort of people as hit Mumbai." The former England all-rounder Dominic Cork, who was in the stadium to do commentary work for Pakistan TV, told Sky Sports News: "The Sri Lankan players are quite shocked.

"They all fell to the floor of the team bus when the attack happened. "Some of them have wounds, but I think most of them are superficial wounds. I have spoken to Sangakkarra ... he has a shrapnel wound in his right shoulder."

All of the gunmen escaped the crime scene and Pakistan has offered a reward of $125,000 for any information on them. Police have arrested some suspects behind the attack but are still scouring the city of Lahore for the gunmen. This attack has countless repercussions for the world of cricket. It will almost definitely mean the end of international cricket in Pakistan for months if not years. Javed Miandad, the former Pakistan captain, said 'all the fears expressed by foreign teams about coming to Pakistan have been proved correct. Pakistan cricket will take a long time to recover now.'

The Indian Premier League has insisted that the show must go on despite calls from the Home Affiars Minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, to postpone the tournament amid concern for security measures - particularly as the IPL will clash with parliamentary elections being held between April and May. Lalit Modi, the IPL commissioner, said that the IPL schedule will be revised to ensure that matches are not held on election days and 'there is no chance of postponing the IPL'

Modi condemned the "dastardly attacks" on the Sri Lanka players, but said that India "is a safe country" and that the IPL "will leave no stone unturned to provide our cricketers, fans and stakeholders alike the best security arrangements". So will the English players, Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pieterson, who are due to head over to the riches of the IPL be rethinking their decisions? Pietersen, who was brought at auction for a record $1.55 million (about £1.1 million) by Bangalore Royal Challengers, said: "I'm not even thinking about the IPL today. I'm totally thinking about the catastrophe and the people who have lost their lives. There are the Sri Lankan players and Paul Farbrace, their assistant coach, who have been injured, as well as Stuart Broad's dad."

Andrew Strauss, the England captain, commented on the implications to the game "One argument that has always been used is that cricketers were unlikely to be targeted. That has now been proven wrong. It is one of those things where you never feel vulnerable until something like this happens - then you are always feeling vulnerable. It is a terrible day for the people involved, for the victims and their families, and it is a terrible day for the game of cricket."