Attacks could prompt premature retirements: Bayliss

Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss (right) talks to Sri Lanka fast bowler Chaminda Vaas (AFP)

SYDNEY: Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss thinks some cricketers could shorten their international careers rather than tour potential trouble spots in the wake of the terror attacks on his team in Pakistan last month.
Bayliss was on the Sri Lanka team bus when it was ambushed by a dozen or more heavily armed gunmen en route to the stadium on March 3 for the second Test against Pakistan in Lahore.
Seven members of the Sri Lanka contingent, include players and an assistant coach, were injured in the attacks which left six police officers and a driver dead.
Fear of future attacks could force players into premature retirement, he said.

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