Players call for security officer to accompany England
The English Professional Cricketers' Association has called for a full-time security officer to accompany the England team on their tour of India this month.
A 16-page report submitted by the PCA also asks for a senior England and Wales Cricket Board official to travel with the team.
Opening bowler Andy Caddick and off-spinner Robert Croft have pulled out of the trip because of family concerns following the U.S.-led bombings of Afghanistan. England fly to Bombay next Tuesday.
"A senior member of the ECB must accompany the players for the entire duration of the tour and this ECB official must travel on the same planes and stay in the same hotels as the team," the PCA said.
"The PCA also want improved security for the team with either a full-time officer or a team of people employed to both protect the players and investigate hotels in advance of the squad arriving."
Mail Cricket Editor
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