Aussie Players' Association concerned about security in India

Melbourne, Sep 16 (PTI) Cricket Australia (C.A.) might be
ready for the tour of India despite last week's serial blasts
in New Delhi but the players' association here remains jittery
about the situation.
While C.A. has stated that there is no threat to next
month's four-Test tour of India by the world champions, the
Australian Cricketers' Association (A.C.A.) is not so
convinced and says that it still awaits the security experts'
assessment before advising the players on the matter.
"We're concerned about all those things (terrorist
activities)," A.C.A. President and former Test cricketer
Darren Lehmann was quoted as saying by news agency 'Australian
Associated Press'.

"All we do now, the same with every other tour, is check
with D.F.A.T., the government, do all the security checks with
independent security people and our local guys and make sure
we go through the right process to see what's going on," he
added.

The Australians leave for the series -- starting October
9 -- this weekend and Lehmann admitted that the time is
running out for the A.C.A. to take a call on the issue.

"Once we've got all that info, then we can make a call.
Until we get all that info, it's just wait and see, but
obviously it needs to be done pretty quickly because we go in
just over a week," he said.

A.C.A. chief executive Paul Marsh said there was "general
concern" among the Australia A players, who are in India for
an ODI tri-series.

"I've been in touch with a couple of players and they
just wanted to know what the process was," Marsh revealed.

"There's no panic within the group. There's just some
general concern. They trust Cricket Australia and I'm sure
we'll get the right decision and outcome," he added.