Englands IPL eight still have security fears over India

By Paul Bolton Published: 8:54PM GMT twenty-eight February 2010

Sricky wicket: The eight Englishmen due to crop up in this year"s IPL need serve declaration about reserve Photo: AP

Ian Smith, the authorised confidant to the Professional Cricketers" Association, has outlayed the week looking organisation assurances from IPL supervision official Lalit Modi that suitable levels of insurance will be supposing by senior manager and state supervision in India.

No such assurances have been perceived so the PCA has suggested counsel to Ravi Bopara, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Owais Shah, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Graham Napier and Michael Lumb, who are due to take up remunerative IPL contracts after this month.

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Bopara has behind his depart for pre-tournament precision with the King"s XI Punjab since of concerns about his safety. "Cricket is my vital and in most approach my life. But it is not value failing for," he said.

Smith is liaising with his counterparts in Australia, South Africa and New Zealand as well as Tim May, arch senior manager of the Federation of International Cricketers" Associations but stays desperate about the appearance of the English.

"All we wish is to give the guys convincing report to have a decision," Smith said. "We don"t wish a domestic contention with the IPL. We wish this contest to go forward but we wish to have it safe. If they are going to run a contest with players for whom we have a avocation of care, they have to have it safe."

A security examination conducted by Dubai-based Nicholls Steyn and Associates allayed a little of the fears that the PCA had about a hazard to the IPL from al-Qaeda"s 313 Brigade. The slow concerns approximate the capability of the IPL organisers to exercise the security plan due by Nicholls Steyn.

New Zealand won a stirring Twenty20 opposite Australia in Christchurch in a "super over". With the sides scored equally on 214 the compare headed for the sudden-death tie-break and Tim Southee, who bowled well at the genocide for the hosts, delivered.

He limited Australia, who used Cameron White, David Warner and Brad Haddin, to 6 for one off 6 deliveries. Visiting fast bowler Shaun Tait dismissed down dual wides as Brendon McCullum and Martin Guptill done 9 for no loss in New Zealand"s over to give them the win and turn the array 1-1.