The shocking attack on the Sri Lankans in Lahore was an attempt to kill a cricket team that was simply going about playing a game in a dangerous place. It makes you wonder whether professional sport isn't under threat worldwide.
In Australia, for example, several sports share the limelight. But in South Asia, cricket is the most popular sport. Indians, Pakistanis, Sri Lankans and Bangladeshis are all extremely proud of their cricket teams.
Was cricket the target or was it a convenient method of spreading a wider, terrifying message that no one is safe? International cricket in Pakistan is now off the agenda. Australia has not toured Pakistan since 1998.
Sport can create passion, anger, delight and despair. It can be uplifting and it often reveals the best that humanity has to offer. But the Lahore outrage changed cricket. It will survive but it will never be quite the same.
Gurlal Singh, California School
From the Editor