England have postponed their final two one-day matches against India after terror attacks in Mumbai but the future of the two-Test series remains unclear.
The squad will remain 850 miles away in Bhubaneswar until at least Friday as the England and Wales Cricket Board continues talks with India officials.
The second Test match is scheduled to be played in Mumbai from 19 December.
ECB managing director Hugh Morris said: "The safety and security of the team is of the utmost importance to ECB."
England were staying in Bhubaneswar for Wednesday's one-day international in Cuttack, where they were beaten by India to go 5-0 down in the seven match series.
The sixth one-dayer was scheduled to take place in Guwahati on Saturday and the seventh in Delhi on 2 December.
England are still due to play a three-day match in Baroda from 5 December and the first Test in Ahmedabad from 11 December.
"We have reviewed all our security arrangements in the light of these attacks and will be taking all necessary steps to ensure the safety and security of the team," Morris added.
"This morning I held initial discussions with the Hon Sec of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India), Mr N Srinivasan, as well as representatives from the Indian team management at the team hotel in Bhubaneswar.
"I have also briefed the England players and management on the situation as well as liaising closely with the ECB chairman (Giles Clarke) and chief executive (David Collier) and the players' representatives.
"The events of last night were deeply distressing and the situation is still unfolding. We are urgently seeking information from expert sources regarding last night's attacks and will continue to hold further discussions with our colleagues from the BCCI over the next 24 hours."
An International Cricket Council official told BBC Sport that the governing body was reluctant to involve itself in negotiations between England and India.
"We would only become involved in terms of the bilateral touring situation if there was a disagreement between the sides in which case there would be an independent security adviser," he said.
The official said it was up to the Indian and England cricket boards to resolve the situation, adding: "If England get some sort of Foreign Office guidance they might then choose to go [home] and if India say that's not good enough then we might get involved."
In other developments:
• English county Middlesex have delayed their scheduled flights to Mumbai to play in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League, which is now in serious doubt.
• Australian cricket authorities have banned its players from heading to India for the same tournament.
• Spinner Shane Warne, captain of Champions League contenders Rajasthan Royals, was en-route to Mumbai on a stopover in Singapore when the attacks began. He told Melbourne's Herald-Sun newspaper: "I don't think we will be going (to India) now - why would you? It is just not worth the risk. No amount of money is worth the risk with what is going on over there at the moment."
Gunmen have carried out a series of co-ordinated attacks across the Southern India city, killing at least 101 people, injuring 287 more and taking Westerners hostage.
The Champions League is supposed to start in Mumbai next Wednesday.
One of the luxury hotels in flames, the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, was where Middlesex were booked to stay.
The England squad stayed at the hotel two weeks ago and was due to return there on 16 December, three days ahead of the second test.
Both the Western Australia and Victoria state teams were due to take part in the competition, with Australian Test batsmen Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey and all-rounder Shane Watson participating for Indian franchises.
In August, the International Cricket Council postponed the Champions Trophy from September 2008 until October 2009 because of security worries in Pakistan.
New Zealand cut short a tour to Pakistan in May 2002 after a bomb blast outside their hotel in Karachi killed 19 people.
The Pakistan Cricket Board had to relocate two home series to Sri Lanka and Sharjah later that year after the West Indies and Australia refused to tour.
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The squad will remain 850 miles away in Bhubaneswar until at least Friday as the England and Wales Cricket Board continues talks with India officials.
The second Test match is scheduled to be played in Mumbai from 19 December.
ECB managing director Hugh Morris said: "The safety and security of the team is of the utmost importance to ECB."
England were staying in Bhubaneswar for Wednesday's one-day international in Cuttack, where they were beaten by India to go 5-0 down in the seven match series.
The sixth one-dayer was scheduled to take place in Guwahati on Saturday and the seventh in Delhi on 2 December.
England are still due to play a three-day match in Baroda from 5 December and the first Test in Ahmedabad from 11 December.
"We have reviewed all our security arrangements in the light of these attacks and will be taking all necessary steps to ensure the safety and security of the team," Morris added.
"This morning I held initial discussions with the Hon Sec of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India), Mr N Srinivasan, as well as representatives from the Indian team management at the team hotel in Bhubaneswar.
"I have also briefed the England players and management on the situation as well as liaising closely with the ECB chairman (Giles Clarke) and chief executive (David Collier) and the players' representatives.
"The events of last night were deeply distressing and the situation is still unfolding. We are urgently seeking information from expert sources regarding last night's attacks and will continue to hold further discussions with our colleagues from the BCCI over the next 24 hours."
An International Cricket Council official told BBC Sport that the governing body was reluctant to involve itself in negotiations between England and India.
"We would only become involved in terms of the bilateral touring situation if there was a disagreement between the sides in which case there would be an independent security adviser," he said.
The official said it was up to the Indian and England cricket boards to resolve the situation, adding: "If England get some sort of Foreign Office guidance they might then choose to go [home] and if India say that's not good enough then we might get involved."
In other developments:
• English county Middlesex have delayed their scheduled flights to Mumbai to play in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League, which is now in serious doubt.
• Australian cricket authorities have banned its players from heading to India for the same tournament.
• Spinner Shane Warne, captain of Champions League contenders Rajasthan Royals, was en-route to Mumbai on a stopover in Singapore when the attacks began. He told Melbourne's Herald-Sun newspaper: "I don't think we will be going (to India) now - why would you? It is just not worth the risk. No amount of money is worth the risk with what is going on over there at the moment."
Gunmen have carried out a series of co-ordinated attacks across the Southern India city, killing at least 101 people, injuring 287 more and taking Westerners hostage.
The Champions League is supposed to start in Mumbai next Wednesday.
One of the luxury hotels in flames, the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, was where Middlesex were booked to stay.
The England squad stayed at the hotel two weeks ago and was due to return there on 16 December, three days ahead of the second test.
Both the Western Australia and Victoria state teams were due to take part in the competition, with Australian Test batsmen Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey and all-rounder Shane Watson participating for Indian franchises.
In August, the International Cricket Council postponed the Champions Trophy from September 2008 until October 2009 because of security worries in Pakistan.
New Zealand cut short a tour to Pakistan in May 2002 after a bomb blast outside their hotel in Karachi killed 19 people.
The Pakistan Cricket Board had to relocate two home series to Sri Lanka and Sharjah later that year after the West Indies and Australia refused to tour.
Story from BBC SPORT:
BBC SPORT | Cricket | England | England call off India one-dayers
Published: 2008/11/27 08:07:20 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
