We were sitting ducks - Broad

English match official Chris Broad feared for his life when the bus transporting him to a Test match in Pakistan was ambushed by gun men on Tuesday morning.

Broad was travelling with the other match officials to the second Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore when the attack occurred. The driver of the bus was killed in the attack, meaning the match officials were stranded in the gunfire which claimed the life of six policemen and a civilian. Fourth official Ahsan Raza was also wounded in the attacks and was in a critical condition in a Lahore hospital.

Broad told BBC Radio 5: "It is very difficult to put it into words. There were five of us in the back of van all lying on floor just listening to the crack of bullets going on around us and hitting the van. Every time you heard a crack you just thought 'this bullet's for me'."

He added: "We were unaware of what was going on outside the bus, just that our van was hit several times.

"Fortunately for myself, Simon Taufel, Steve Davis, Peter Manuel and Nadeem Ghauri (the third umpire) none of the bullets hit us. Unfortunately for Ahsan Raza for Abdul Sami, our liaison officer, both got hit.

"The terrorists had also killed our driver so we were stranded. Clearly the terrorists targeted the drivers to try and get the bus stationary. We were sitting ducks."

The match officials had been travelling in a second bus behind the Sri Lanka team when the attacks occurred about half a mile from the stadium.

The Sri Lanka bus also came under gunfire - with seven players and assistant coach Paul Farbrace injured - but was able to drive away from the incident after shots aimed at their driver missed.

Broad said he believed the fact the Sri Lankan bus was able to escape could have avoided a greater disaster.

"Clearly the terrorists targeted the bus drivers," he added. "It was only that the Sri Lankan bus had gone from the scene, they were the targets, that the terrorists felt they had missed their target. So what police were left, were firing at the terrorists, the terrorists fired back. Once they realised that had missed their targets they probably left."