da jogodeouro: John Carr (Director of Cricket Operations ECB and Tim O’Gorman (TeamEngland Representative) have now completed their round of meetings inKolkata and Delhi

ECB Media Release02-Nov-2001John Carr (Director of Cricket Operations ECB and Tim O’Gorman (TeamEngland Representative) have now completed their round of meetings inKolkata and Delhi. They would like to thank the President and Hon. Secretaryof BCCI, Mr Dalmiya and Mr Shah and the Government officials with whom theymet, for their warm welcome and co-operation.As well as discussing a number of other administrative issues relating toEngland’s forthcoming cricket tour, a major purpose of the visit to Indiawas to confirm details of the security arrangements with the Indianauthorities.John Carr said:”From the ECB perspective the forthcoming Tour to India has always been onand we are very pleased that the Tour party has now been finalised with theaddition of Richard Johnson and Martyn Ball. It is essential that our Teamand Management can have peace of mind with regard to security arrangementsto enable them to focus 100% on the cricketing job in hand. We are now veryhappy that arrangements can be put in place to achieve this end. We lookforward to a most exciting Test Series.”Tim O’Gorman said:”I spoke to the players before I arrived in India and I believe that alltheir individual concerns can be substantially addressed by the proposedsecurity arrangements. It is obviously now my duty to report back to theplayers on my return to England.”