Cricket concerns are secondary in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Mumbai. Discussions surrounding the immediate future of the ongoing England Cricket Tour of India and upcoming Champions League Twenty 20 are concerns for later. Now the organisation is focusing on more important matters than cricket.
Cricket concerns are secondary in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Mumbai. Discussions surrounding the immediate future of the ongoing England Cricket Tour of India and upcoming Champions League Twenty 20 are concerns for later. Now the organisation is focusing on more important matters than cricket.
Middlesex skipper Shaun Udal has confirmed Middlesex will not be travelling to Mumbai for the Champions League Twenty20, after terrorists launched a series of deadly attacks in the Indian city.
Udal and his team were due to fly out to Mumbai tomorrow morning to take part in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League.
Their first match of the lucrative competition was due to take place in Mumbai a week today against Australian side Victoria Bushrangers, but Udal confirmed they will not fly out as planned in the wake of the attacks.
"All we know is that our flights have been cancelled in the morning," Udal told Sky Sports News.
"We were due to fly out from Heathrow at 10 o'clock and we had a call tonight to say that those plans were now cancelled."
Udal added that the three group matches due to take place in Mumbai will be moved to Bangalore.
England had also planned to use the hotel, where international cricket teams usually stay while on tour, during the second Test against India next month.
Cricket Australia have suspended all travel to India while it takes security advice, a decision which leaves the Victoria Bushrangers and Western Australia Warriors - the two Australian teams due to compete in the elite Twenty20 tournament - as well as several Australian cricketers who are due to play for Indian teams, such as Shane Warne, Matthew Hayden and Mike Hussey, in limbo.Warne stopped his flight to India in Singapore where he is now on an extended stopover.
An official from the Board of Control for Cricket in India is quoted as saying: "This has been a terrible day for India but at the moment it's far too early to talk about cancelling England's tour or the Champions League."
The England cricket team have said they will not make a decision about whether to remain on tour until they have been fully briefed by the Foreign Office, but it is understood that the issue will be discussed at a team meeting later on Thursday.
Worries are also reflected by Cricket Australia in its instructions to players not to travel to India for the time being. A Cricket Australia spokesman said: "In circumstances like these it always takes at least 12 hours for details to emerge, and we will review all information available." In the meantime, CA has put a hold on all cricket-related travel to India - hence Warne's extended stay in Singapore.
The Cricket Australia chief executive Paul Marsh added: "We are shocked, and we have contacted all relevant experts in a bid to learn more about the situation. The teams are due to leave on Saturday, so we have to make a decision pretty quickly."
An organisation calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen has claimed to be behind the attacks.
for the Champions League Twenty20, after terrorists launched a series of deadly attacks in the Indian city.
Udal and his team were due to fly out to Mumbai tomorrow morning to take part in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League.
Their first match of the lucrative competition was due to take place in Mumbai a week today against Australian side Victoria Bushrangers, but Udal confirmed they will not fly out as planned in the wake of the attacks.
"All we know is that our flights have been cancelled in the morning," Udal told Sky Sports News.
"We were due to fly out from Heathrow at 10 o'clock and we had a call tonight to say that those plans were now cancelled."
Udal added that the three group matches due to take place in Mumbai will be moved to Bangalore.
England had also planned to use the hotel, where international cricket teams usually stay while on tour, during the second Test against India next month.
Cricket Australia have suspended all travel to India while it takes security advice, a decision which leaves the Victoria Bushrangers and Western Australia Warriors - the two Australian teams due to compete in the elite Twenty20 tournament - as well as several Australian cricketers who are due to play for Indian teams, such as Shane Warne, Matthew Hayden and Mike Hussey, in limbo.Warne stopped his flight to India in Singapore where he is now on an extended stopover.
An official from the Board of Control for Cricket in India is quoted as saying: "This has been a terrible day for India but at the moment it's far too early to talk about cancelling England's tour or the Champions League."
The England cricket team have said they will not make a decision about whether to remain on tour until they have been fully briefed by the Foreign Office, but it is understood that the issue will be discussed at a team meeting later on Thursday.
Worries are also reflected by Cricket Australia in its instructions to players not to travel to India for the time being. A Cricket Australia spokesman said: "In circumstances like these it always takes at least 12 hours for details to emerge, and we will review all information available." In the meantime, CA has put a hold on all cricket-related travel to India - hence Warne's extended stay in Singapore.
The Cricket Australia chief executive Paul Marsh added: "We are shocked, and we have contacted all relevant experts in a bid to learn more about the situation. The teams are due to leave on Saturday, so we have to make a decision pretty quickly."
An organisation calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen has claimed to be behind the attacks.
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