World Cup 7s - Day Three

This morning's meeting was rocked by the news of the attack on the Sri Lankian cricket team in Pakistan.
One of the local touch judges here works for the International Cricket Board and he took a call from Chris Broad literally minutes after the attack, when Chris and the rest of those who were in the minibus were held up in a stadium.
The guy was, understandably, very shaken after the call, but came back into the room to explain what had just happened and that he had to go.
To say the room fell silent would be an understatement. People didn't know what to say or do, but we were all soon reassured that, despite the enormousness of the event we were involved in, the security intelligence was second to none and we were not to worry about any possible terrorist threat to the World Cup.

Business resumed after a quiet morning and lunch with a trip to the ground (about 45 minutes from the city) were I refereed a warm-up game between Japan and Australia. It was good to get a workout and it beats pounding the pavements or the monotony of the gym.

It was the first time I'd seen the purpose-built stadium and it was very impressive. And it was also very hot, but it was very beneficial to get the lungs pumping and get acclimatised to the heat.

A quite evening was spent watching DVDs and drinking tea - a very British way to round of a bizarre day as Wednesday was to start with a 6.30am start!!