*WELLINGTON: The Bangladesh cricket team narrowly escaped the deadlyshooting at a mosque in Christchurch on Friday.*
*The terrorist act left 40 dead and forced the cancellation of a test matchagainst hosts New Zealand.*
The team were on a bus that was approaching the Al Noor mosque for Fridayprayers on the eve of the third test at nearby Hagley Oval when theshooting began.
Mario Villavarayen, the team’s strength and conditioning coach, said it hadbeen a close call.
“They were on the bus, which was just pulling up to the mosque when theshooting begun,” he told Reuters via Twitter.
“They are at the ground, they are shaken but good.”