There is a school of thought that if the tour is cancelled the few who wanna cause fear and panic will have won.

No one can gaurantee anything.However, a large security presence would show a statement of intent, and the UK is not entirely safe from attack itself if some mad people wanted to perpetrate an attack, has as been shown in the past.

What do cricket fans think, particularly from the sub continent?
Cricket P:

If you could even be bothered to read postings correctly then you would have seen that I'd already addressed the fact that bombs had gone off in England previously, so you're the one speaking garbage, not me.

yes it is.....becoz losing courage from terrorism is noting but, winning of terrorism

Not Sure, It depends on if the situation in mumbaii stops. Everybody wants the game to go ahead, but understandably, you can not put the players in any danger. l feel, they should play the series, but give every player the option wether they want to travel or not.

Not Sure,

Everybody wants to see the game but its upto situation,
l think they should play the test series.
Management arrange a best security over there for individual player even.

Of course it should go on. cricket can not take a backseat just because some maniacs wanted to press that panic button.
Going about your life normally should be the mantra at this time.

Yes because cricket is the best way to give reply to terrorism. In addition, England team will get a tight security. Therefore, no such fear and the play can go ahead!

Yes ofcourse the series must go on according to the schedule

yes

yes they should show solidarity and go ahead

It should go ahead only if ECB clears it. Security concerns should not deplete the England team of its best players.

It would be best to replace England with a subcontinental team more accustomed to similar conditions.


l am against English players traveling to India at this moment.

of all other things, the life of a person is most important & he or she should guard it.
if the english players, put up a brave face & come here to india, & get themselves killed or injured (god forbid anything of that sort should happen) then we will all start pointing hands at each other trying to put the blame on someone or the other.

the players should not be sent to india just because the administrators feel that the series must go on, or to show that they r not scared of those people who cause fear & panic.

so, however secure or insecure it may be, its the players who have to make the decision & not the administrators or those security assessment guys.

let`s face the truth.. India is a war zone..(along with lot`s of other places in the world), Anybody who make`s the effort to go there
know`s the risk, cricketers, holidaymaker`s,(have been there) invester`s even JOE public, if the cricketer`s want to go that`s there choice ...every last one of them have a choice.......go...no.go....go...but it all come`s down to money. money.money. ... half the team will go ..the other sensible ones will stay at home. sorry to sound INDIAPHOBIC but l have some very good indian friends who all seem to agree with me.xxx

of course they should.
Why not?
The security is beefed up.
(btw.i did not read the extra comments, so if you made some points, l did not read them. Sorry) =)

Yes.

Bombs went off in England too. Did anyone refuse to tour England?

Whats all this garbage.

They should play in a neutral venue, maybe West Indies.

ya surely