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The touring Australian team said they were awaiting a security update from CA after a bomb blast in New Delhi. More... Australia await security update after New Delhi blast Reuters Posted: Sep 27, 2008 at 1948 hrs IST Mumbai, September 27:: The touring Australian team said they were awaiting a security update from Cricket Australia (CA) after a bomb blast in a New Delhi marketplace on Saturday. The Australians were playing a warm-up match against a local side in Jaipur when the incident occurred in New Delhi, where the third Test is to be staged. "If we have to do anything besides the normal security drill, we will do only after getting instructions from CA," Australia's spokesman Matthew Slade said. The first Test starts in Bangalore on Oct 9. Senior BCCI official Rajeev Shukla said in Mumbai: "The Australians should not fear about their security. We are in touch with the Home Ministry. There is no need to panic." Australia were bowled out for 218 in their warm-up match against Rajasthan Cricket Academy.

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Second New Delhi bombing rattles Aussies THE Australian cricket team was playing a practice match in Jaipur when the second deadly explosion in 14 days rocked the Indian capital of New Delhi yesterday. More... Second New Delhi bombing rattles Aussies Chloe Saltau and Daniel Bretting in Jaipur September 28, 2008 THE Australian cricket team was playing a practice match in Jaipur when the second deadly explosion in 14 days rocked the Indian capital of New Delhi yesterday. Cricket Australia will await a security briefing before deciding whether to push for a change of venue for the third Test of the Indian tour. The third Test is scheduled to begin in Delhi from October 29. One report placed the death toll from yesterday's blast at four, as well as several injured. The bomb went off in a flower market in the early afternoon, a fortnight after 24 people were killed in a co-ordinated terrorist attack on five different targets in the city. Australia were criticised for proceeding with the India tour after refusing to tour Pakistan, where the extent of the terrorist threat was illustrated by a suicide bombing at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. Meanwhile, a rusty looking Australia made hard work of their first day's match practice, bowled out for 218 against a Rajasthan Academy XI in the two-day game at SMS Stadium. The tourists relied heavily on an attractive hand by Simon Katich (73) after Matthew Hayden (16) and Ricky Ponting (five), both in need of early runs as they seek form and confidence, fell early. In the afternoon session the batsmen struggled on a low pitch against the wiles of local left-arm spinner Gajender Singh (5-58). The home side made it to stumps at 2-38 after Brett Lee (1-9) and Stuart Clark (1-17) struck in their first overs of the tour. Phil Jaques was absent from the top of the order due to back pain that required acupuncture needles, leaving Hayden and Katich to open the innings.

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Australia's security to be increased The already heightened level of security provided to the Australian team on their tour of India is likely to be increased after another bomb blast in Delhi, the venue for the third Test, on Saturday. More... Australia in India 2008-09 Australia's security to be increased Cricinfo staff September 28, 2008 Ricky Ponting escorted by security officials on arrival in Jaipur © AFP The already heightened level of security provided to the Australian team on their tour of India is likely to be increased after another bomb blast in Delhi, the venue for the third Test, on Saturday. "We are in touch with the Home Ministry and the security provided to the Australian team will be increased," Rajiv Shukla, the chairman of BCCI's media committee, was quoted as saying by Cricketnext. "Advisory has been sent to all state governments hosting the Tests. For now, the Delhi Test in is on." Saturday's blast was the second such instance in Delhi this month after five bomb blasts on September 13. The Australian team, however, will wait for instructions from Cricket Australia on further course of action. "It's late in Australia and I don't think we will receive any instructions before Sunday morning," the media manager Matthew Slade told Times of India on Saturday. "But we are sure to have a security briefing in the morning. I'm not saying it's a concern at the moment, or that there could a request for a possible venue change, or other issues. We'll come to know soon." The Australians are currently playing a warm-up match in Jaipur. Their second practice match is against an Indian Board President's XI in Hyderabad from October 2 to 5.

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Oz team getting ‘worked up’ after blast The Australians are jittery, and rightly so, too. Saturday's blast was the second time the Capital --- which is also the venue of the third Test in the series --- has been targeted in the last fortnight or so, and the players are not exactly taking this lightly. More... Oz team getting ‘worked up’ after blast Arjun Sen Jaipur, September 27 MATTHEW SLADE was enjoying his evening cup of tea inside the dressing room when a text message from an Australian journalist about 'a blast in New Delhi' rudely cut short the Australian media manager's tea break. Slade, looking visibly concerned, was out of the dressing room in a jiffy, eager to know what actually had happened. He first confirmed the news from RCA officials and then went back to the dressing room. Though play resumed normally after the tea break, the already claustrophobic security in and around the ground was beefed up even further. After about 30 or so minutes since play resumed, the Australian team's security advisor, Reg Dickason, according to eyewitnesses, entered the long room and told senior RCA officials 'to buck up around here'. Dickason also made it clear that "from tomorrow no one should be seen walking near the boundaries". Dickason has asked to be given a more 'hands-on' role in the security of the team. The Australians are jittery, and rightly so, too. Saturday's blast was the second time the Capital --- which is also the venue of the third Test in the series --- has been targeted in the last fortnight or so, and the players are not exactly taking this lightly. Though Simon Katich --- who was sent to the press conference --- maintained that the team had 'just heard the news', HT has learnt that the team did, in fact, have an informal chat about the situation after the day's play. "Some of the players seem just that little worked up about the fact that Delhi is being targeted so frequently now," a source said. The Australian team had scheduled an official team meeting at the Rajputana Sheraton at nine in the evening and was "awaiting a directive from Cricket Australia". Meanwhile a top BCCI official said: "We are yet to receive any communication from CA, but we have got in touch with the Union Home Ministry, which has issued an advisory to states where matches will be held. The tour will go ahead as planned."

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Delhi official fears Test will move A DELHI cricket official said he wouldn't be surprised if the third Test against Australia was moved from the Indian capital. More... Cricket Delhi jitters but team will wait September 28, 2008 THE Australia cricket team is still adopting a wait and see approach as fears mount that the third Test of next month's four-match series will be moved from Delhi following the latest bombing in the Indian capital. After the completion of their practice match against a Rajasthan Academy XI in Jaipur, squad paceman Peter Siddle admitted the team was still in a holding pattern. "We haven't spoken much about it, obviously Frank (Dimasi) our adviser, he'll be looking into it over the next few days, give us more information about it and we'll see what happens there," Siddle said. "So we don't know a lot about it at the moment so we'll just see how it goes from there." The team's content to wait for further developments contrasted with the mood of locals, with a Delhi cricket official saying he wouldn't be surprised if the Test, due to start on October 29, was moved. A fatal bomb blast in the southern Mehrauli area of Delhi on Saturday afternoon killed one and injured scores of others, forcing a nervous Board of Control for Cricket in India to at least consider their options for an alternative Test venue. "We were having trouble organising the kind of security we wanted since the match immediately follows Diwali (a major Hindu festival)," a Delhi and District Cricket official told the Times of India. "Now we hope our demands (for security) will be met, but I won't be surprised if the Aussies decide to head somewhere else." At least publicly, the BCCI remain committed to staging the Test at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla ground, with the direct consequence of Saturday's bombing being merely an upgrade in the already stringent security surrounding the team. "We are in touch with the Home Ministry and the security provided to the Australian team will be increased," Rajiv Shukla, the chairman of BCCI's media committee told website Cricketnext. "(An) advisory has been sent to all state governments hosting the Tests. For now, the Delhi Test is on." Team security manager Frank Dimasi and tour manager Steve Bernard oversaw a marginal tightening of the protection offered at the ground, with extra soldiers, police and security staff on top of the contingent sent on Saturday. Dimasi said he was now "a little more cautious" about the team's security. Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) president Darren Lehmann said the players' union would wait on word from Cricket Australia and the Federal Government before taking a position on the continuation or re-scheduling of the tour. "We'll take advice from the government and CA and make our decision from there," Lehmann said. "Until we have all the information together we can't make a call either way." AAP

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Australian team likely to get security update in Hyderabad Fast bowler Peter Siddle told reporters that they would sit and think over the (security) situation once they reach Hyderabad tomorrow. More... Australian team likely to get security update in Hyderabad Jaipur (PTI): The Australian cricket team here will take a call on their security assessment, following Saturday's bomb blast in New Delhi, when they reach Hyderabad on Monday. Fast bowler Peter Siddle told reporters that they would sit and think over the (security) situation once they reach Hyderabad tomorrow. "We have been on the field for two days playing cricket, so I don't know what is happening up there. Obviously, we will get the chance to sit and think about it once we reach Hyderabad," Siddle said at a press conference after his side's two-day practice game against RCA Centre of Excellence team ended in a draw. Team Media Manager Matthew Slade and opener Simon Katich had yesterday said that they were expecting security update from Cricket Australia on Sunday.

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No one can harm us in our homeland: Sachin Sachin Tendulkar on Monday brushed aside security concerns ahead of the four Test series against Australia, saying Indian players were not bothered but confident that they would never be targeted at home. "I don't think it (security concerns) bothers us. This (India) is our homeland. In our homeland, I don't think anyone can harm us," Tendulkar told reporters at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, where a camp began for players. The first Test against Australia starts in Bangalore on October 9. "We have full confidence that nothing bad will happen. This is our homeland, we should be free to move wherever and whenever we want," the master batsman said, replying to questions whether security concerns bothered players. "I don't think there will be security concerns as such". Tendulkar said he cannot comment on what Australians feel (about security concerns) but maintained that he does not definitely think "anyone will look to harm us (Indian players)".

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[amit467]

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Zubin it seems you didn't like the comments from Sachin, why not?

[Dirty_South]

Zubin it seems you didn't like the comments from Sachin' date=' why not?[/quote'] he doesn't like Sachin :((

[SachDan]

he doesn't like Sachin :((

..of late :((

[zubinpepsi]

Zubin it seems you didn't like the comments from Sachin' date=' why not?[/quote']

he doesn't like Sachin :((

..of late :((

lol... who are the terrorsit killing with bombs.. foreigners???? p.s i like sachin (hint: my avatar).. but hes jus talking nonsense here.....

[satishg]

Zubin is a classified Sachin hater :D

[Sachinism]

talking like that is probably just going egg the terrorists on

[punjabi_khota]

Lol@Sachin. Does he read newspapers ?

[graphic23]

talking like that is probably just going egg the terrorists on

Wait, now we need to be afraid to say that we are not scared in our own country ? If I cannot say that I'm safe at my own home, it is shameful - and what message does it put across to other nations who keep waiting for something stupid to avoid touring ? It may be true that these terrorist attacks are happening more frequently, and it is high time that they be stopped. But to say that we can't speak freely about the state of our nation because it would anger the terrorists is not right. What Sachin said is absolutely true. If he is not an Indian, he is justified in saying that he is afraid of the attacks - but as an Indian (and as someone whose words are highly respected), he ought to say that these attacks are not going to stop us from moving our lives forward. Otherwise, why don't all of us sit in our homes tightly and feel secure ? Eh, sorry for the rant but I completely agree with Sachin on this point.

[Dravid]

Wait, now we need to be afraid to say that we are not scared in our own country ? If I cannot say that I'm safe at my own home, it is shameful - and what message does it put across to other nations who keep waiting for something stupid to avoid touring ? It may be true that these terrorist attacks are happening more frequently, and it is high time that they be stopped. But to say that we can't speak freely about the state of our nation because it would anger the terrorists is not right. What Sachin said is absolutely true. If he is not an Indian, he is justified in saying that he is afraid of the attacks - but as an Indian (and as someone whose words are highly respected), he ought to say that these attacks are not going to stop us from moving our lives forward. Otherwise, why don't all of us sit in our homes tightly and feel secure ? Eh, sorry for the rant but I completely agree with Sachin on this point.

[Desi Cartman]

"We have full confidence that nothing bad will happen. This is our homeland, we should be free to move wherever and whenever we want," the master batsman said, replying to questions whether security concerns bothered players.

He is 100% right ! :isalute:

[hindu-Stan]

who cares? just Win the series and shut up... :--D

[hindu-Stan]

about security concern, i hope nothing will happen if the series was only in gujarat but outside gujarat any thing can happen..:--D manu and his government is useless..:finger: