A year has passed since he survived the Lahore terror attacks on Sri Lankan players but it still haunts match referee Chris Broad.

Broad said "cricket's 9/11" would remain with him till he dies. "The third of the third '09 will be with me until I die.

"It was an unhappy day, not only for me but for the rest of the playing control team over there and the Sri Lankan team. It will be cricket's 9/11," Broad said.

The 52-year-old former cricketer was heading to the Gaddafi stadium along with the Sri Lankan team when terrorists ambushed their convoy.

The driver of Broad's vehicle died in the attack while several Sri Lankan players were injured. The Englishman says time has healed a lot of his wounds but memories refuse to fade away.

"Time is a great healer, I don't think about it too often these days but the memories are always going to be with me. The memories are still extremely vivid and they are memories I wish I had never had," he told a cricket website.

Broad hoped that the security lapses that led to the attack would not be repeated.

"I was in India in October-November and they had certainly changed their attitudes regarding security not only for players but for officials also. The concern is that we don't want those attitudes to relax as that is the time when the terrorists would strike," he said.