ECB and PCA officials to travel to India

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirms that John Carr, ECB Director of Cricket Operations, and Tim O'Gorman, representing the England players and the Professional Cricketers' Association, will fly to India on the morning of Wednesday 31 October to meet Indian officials and review security and other arrangements regarding England's forthcoming Test Match tour.

Carr and O'Gorman will travel to Delhi and Kolkata where they will be accompanied by Peter Holland, First Secretary at the British High Commission. They will meet with Jagmohan Dalmiya, President of the Board of Cricket Control for India (BCCI). They also hope to meet officials from the Indian government's Home Ministry, which is responsible for security arrangements during the tour, and Tom McCann, Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission in India.

They will return home on the morning of Saturday 3 November.

John Carr said: "This visit in no way calls into question the security arrangements planned by the Indian authorities. Following the events of 11 September security is obviously a concern, and we feel that it is absolutely right that we meet with the Indian authorities to confirm details of their arrangements."