Sri Lankan cricket team returned to the country early today aborting the tour of Pakistan after the team came under terrorist attack in Lahore yesterday.

Six team members, five players and the Assistant Coach were wounded during yesterday's attack on the team bus which was heading towards the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore for the commencement of the third's day play in the Second Test match against Pakistan.

The terrorists opened fire, killing six policemen escorting the Sri Lankan team.

Wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara told Australia's ABC radio that he and his team mates probably owed their lives to their bus driver.

"We had an amazing driver who just kept driving the bus straight through all of that to the ground and that's probably what saved us," he was quoted as saying.

Pakistani police are hunting gunmen who attacked a convoy carrying Sri Lanka's cricket team in the city of Lahore. Grenades, rocket launchers and backpacks belonging to the attackers were found at the scene, police said.