Chris Broad has hit out at insufficient security and Pakistani police who "vanished" when the Sri Lankan team bus was attacked by terrorists in Lahore leaving them "sitting ducks".

The former Gloucestershire CCC and England opener who was acting as a match referee for the Test match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka gave a dramatic eye-witness account of the ambush when he touched down in England today.

Broad, who was born in Knowle, Bristol, spelt out three emotions from his first-hand experience of the attack, lying on the floor of a minibus in a pool of blood as bullets whizzed all around and his driver lay dead at the wheel.

Shock - "I like many people naively thought there was no way terrorists would target cricketers."

Sadness - "For the injured and those killed. For our driver Safir. He always had a smile on his face. He was just doing his job."

Anger - "At the Pakistani security forces. (The Pakistan Circket Board) assured me through email that all security would be taken care of, presidential-style security. Quite clearly that didn't happen. We were promised high level security and in our hour of need that security vanished and they left us to be sitting ducks."

Broad was lauded for his part in diving on top of injured Pakistani umpire Ahsan Raza who was hit in the chest by a bullet.

But the 51-year-old played down his involvement as he painted a picture of fear and confusion when the air became thick with gunfire.

“I’m not a hero," he said. "I was lying on the van floor. Ahsan Raza took a bullet to the stomach or chest – somewhere in the spleen and lung region. I was lying behind him on the floor and there were bullets flying all around us.

“I only noticed he was injured when I saw a large pool of blood had spilled on to the floor and out of the partially opened van door.

“He’s just an umpire who loves the game.

“When we were in the van we weren’t aware of what was going on outside," he continued. "But afterwards when you watch the TV pictures you can clearly see the white van we were in, in the middle of a roundabout and not a sign of a policeman anywhere.

"It was not real. We were just waiting for a bullet to hit us."

Broad had not slept since the attack and admitted the trauma of the previous 24 hours

had yet to take hold as he relived time and again the "popping sound" of rifle fire as he lay in the van.

The incident has also left him fearing for international cricket in Pakistan following the incident. He saiid: "I would hate to see cricket in that country die. But I can't see it going on for the foreseeable future. I don't think they have any friends in world cricket at the moment who will want to go there.

"They have a lot of very talented cricketers and I feel sorry for them and for the cricket mad fans. This has put a bit of a death nail in the coffin of cricket in Pakistan," he added.

“Sri Lanka were a friendly country – they wanted to go , they wanted to support Pakistan. I don’t think they will be going back."

Pakistani police today told the Associated Press they had arrested "some suspects".

The news came as the provincial government of Punjab offered a 10m rupee (£88,000) reward for information leading to the attackers' arrests.

The Lahore police chief, Haji Habibur Rehman, said none of those detained during overnight raids were the gunmen, but they were being questioned in the hope of developing leads.