Australian umpire angry over Pakistan security

SYDNEY (Reuters) - One of the two Australian umpires caught up in the attack by gunmen on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan said he felt "let down" by the security arrangements for the tour.

Umpire Steve Davis said his initial shock had now given way to anger that safety promises he had been given were not kept.

"There's a bit of anger there that we were let down," Davis told reporters on his arrival at Melbourne airport Thursday.

"We had all sorts of assurances before and I'm sure the team feels that way too.

"Despite all that, this was still able to happen and we were put in a very vulnerable position and felt very helpless.

"We were certainly left without any security in our van when we were being fired upon.

"The security obviously went with the Sri Lankan bus when they managed to get away. We were left there and no one came back for us."

Pakistan authorities have defended their security plans but Davis's comments echo similar complaints from English match referee Chris Broad, who told reporters on his return to Britain that he and colleagues were left like "sitting ducks."

The driver of the bus the match officials were travelling in was one of seven people killed in Tuesday's bloody attack on a convoy of players and officials making their way to the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore.