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Tour on unless otherwise persuaded: CA

Melbourne: Cricket Australia (CA) on Monday said Saturday’s serial blasts in New Delhi will have no impact on Ricky Ponting’s team’s upcoming India tour, unless it is otherwise persuaded.

He said Australia’s tour is on and as scheduled, the team was planning to leave for the sub-continent on September 21.

“Our position is that the tour is going ahead unless we are otherwise persuaded,” CA’s General Manager of Public Affairs, Peter Young, said.

“Our advice is there are some concerns and to exercise caution, but currently they do not compromise the tour. Our plan is to depart on September 21 subject to our advice,” he added.

CA’s General Manager of Cricket, Michael Brown, is also expecting a report on Tuesday from the team’s security advisor, Reg Dickason, who was asked to compile an urgent report on the security situation.

Australia ‘A’ is currently in Hyderabad for a one-day tri-series, involving India ‘A’ and New Zealand ‘A’ teams.

Meanwhile, the senior Australian team is scheduled to play warm-up games in Jaipur and Hyderabad, which were earlier rocked by bomb blasts and CA is hoping to collect more information on the situation in the country from members of the ‘A’ squad.

“The threat assessment for India has been considerably lower than that of Pakistan,” Australian Cricketer’s Association Chief Executive, Paul Marsh, was quoted as saying by the Australian media. “We want to find out if the latest bombings will change that in any way and what our independent experts think about our Australia ‘A’ players being over there at the moment,” he said. — PTI

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