The bus carrying the West Indies players has been stoned on its way back to the team hotel after they thrashed Bangladesh by nine wickets in Mirpur. There were no injuries, the team management confirmed to ESPNcricinfo, and both squads were safely back at the hotel but the players were shaken.
News of the incident spread across the world within moments, evoking memories of the attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore almost exactly two years ago - though that was far more serious - and will raise questions about the security provided to teams at the tournament.
“This is some b*******,” Chris Gayle tweeted moments after the incident. “Bangladesh stoning our bus!!! Freaking glass break!!! This is c***, can’t believe..what next bullets!!! Kiss teeth”.
The team’s media manager, Philip Spooner, confirmed that two windows cracked, but none shattered, and hence no stone made its way inside. “We left the ground, and on our way back to the hotel, a couple of stones did hit our window,” Spooner said. “We are now back at the hotel, both teams are back at the hotel and are safe.”
Mustafa Kamal, the Bangladesh board president, apologised to the West Indies team. “We are sorry it happened,” Kamal told AFP. “We have already ordered an investigation and the police are working on it. There was enough security for the buses, the fans may have thought it was the Bangladesh bus. The stones were thrown from a long distance. No serious damage was done, but still we are very sorry this happened.”
The incident occurred after West Indies completed a crushing nine-wicket victory over the hosts in a match that lasted all of 31.1 overs. The discontent among the crowd could be seen when they started throwing the placards that have “4” and “6” written on them onto the playing field the moment Bangladesh lost their last wicket to be bowled out for their lowest-ever ODI total - 58.
The stones hit the bus when it was about three minutes on its way back to the hotel. Spooner said that the team manager, Richie Richardson, would notify the respective boards and the ICC soon. There was no panic, he said. “Just make sure you mention that nobody got hurt, everybody is safe. There is no panic, everybody is fine.”
Gayle was not that calm about it. He tweeted again: “This is ridiculous!!! Damn!!! W Cup with so many security an this happen!! Big Joke!!! Trust me I’m not keen here!!! Av (every) players lay flat!!!”
A Bangladesh police official said the fans had mistaken the West Indies bus for the Bangladesh bus. “The fans thought it was the Bangladeshi team bus and they hurled stones at it,” Imtiaz Ahmed, deputy commissioner of police in Dhaka, told AFP. “The window panes were shattered, but no one was injured.”
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stoned the worng bus.
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^^ that’s what I said…proly thought it was bengalis bus…:hehe:
Posted in the world cup thread as well..http://www.paklinks.com/gs/cricketnama/481260-icc-cricket-world-cup-2011-a-6.html#post8080421
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Very sad incident...
Madam Sheikh Hassina's government should have been more alert.I hope the Bangla authorities will give more focus towards it..
JOY BANGLA
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they have lot to learn from us Pakistanis. We burned and stoned the right houses in 2003 
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Bengalis are very intelligent,intellectual and sensible people.
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Bengalis are sore losers - as seen from the last WC match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata and this 
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thread title is misleading. i clicked thinking there'd be a humorous story about rastafarians.
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Bengalis are very intelligent,intellectual and sensible people.
Well if u've seen the scenes of the crowd the moment they were bundled out for 58 then one must admit they r very emotional and can get very angry which they ultimately showed by throwing the placards onto the gound
I think the Lankans are the most cheerful and sensible PPL from the Asian lot of Cricket Fans.
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Thank you very much 
I don’t understand why you have to burn, stone and destroy ppl’s lives for a game!!! Jeez…it is so embarrassing…it makes everyone think your country is full of maniacs!!!
We lost to Pakistan…we are not gonna sit and cry about it, or get mad about it…coz that is cricket..nothing is impossible in cricket. I am sure if the Lankans see the Pak players or the SL players anywhere after that game they would go and get their autograph 
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I still remember Wasim Akram when he said he had to call his house in Lahore every time they lost a match to park their car at a neighbor's house! LOL
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i don't get it, it's ok to stone the bus as long as it is bangladeshi team? everyone knew they will lose against west indies, it's not like england losing against ireland.
LOSERS!!!
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stoned the worng bus.
i don't get it, it's ok to stone the bus as long as it is bangladeshi team? everyone knew they will lose against west indies, it's not like england losing against ireland. LOSERS!!!
Exactly, whether it was wrong bus or right bus it was a pathetic act, shame on those people.
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First picture is out …
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I still remember Wasim Akram when he said he had to call his house in Lahore every time they lost a match to park their car at a neighbor's house! LOL
hahahahaha
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I wonder if that was the seat that Gayle was sitting at …proly scared the living daylights out of him…
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Zing!! You beat me to it!
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Bangladesh should be on watch list of ICC. Not only that they are far below the par (compare to first decade of SL test status) but they are already showing that Bengalis have very little tolerance be it in Kolkata or Dhaka.
They are angry as they are top class team and if its WI fault. ulloo ki dum.
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I still remember Wasim Akram when he said he had to call his house in Lahore every time they lost a match to park their car at a neighbor's house! LOL
hahahaha really???????
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Under these circumstances...I wonder how the visitors feel and play on BD venues further in this tourney...
Any chance of relocation of the venues for the upcoming matches?