Mumbai terror attacks

England will donate half their match fees from the first Test against India to the families of victims of last month's attacks in Mumbai, batsman Alastair Cook said on Tuesday.

Players to be briefed about security arrangements soon.

The England and Wales cricket board (ECB) will send a security consultant to India before deciding whether to take part in this month's two-test series following the deadly attacks in Mumbai.

Chennai and Mohali to hold Tests. Three-day warm-up game has been scrapped.

International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat has pleaded with England's stars to return to India for next month's two-Test series.

India's government has refused permission to send a cricket team for a full tour of Pakistan early next year following the deadly Mumbai attacks, Indian television reported on Sunday.

England's cricket team could decide by Monday if they will return to India for two scheduled test matches following this week's attacks in Mumbai that killed nearly 200 people.

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt on Saturday warned that the international game could suffer a damaging split as a consequence of terror attacks and security alerts.

England's cricketers will not be forced to return to India for the two-Test series between the two countries, the managing director for England cricket said Saturday.

England cricketers would have likely been staying in one of the Mumbai hotels attacked this week, but their plans were changed at a late stage, former England captain Michael Vaughan said Friday.