Bangladesh tour a 'personal decision' for England players
Tuesday 23 August 2016 20:55, UK
England cricketers will not be put under pressure to commit to the winter tour of Bangladesh.
ODI captain Eoin Morgan admitted to having a "big concern" over security on the tour in the wake of last month's terrorist attack in the capital, Dhaka.
England, who play Pakistan in an ODI on Wednesday, are due to fly to Bangladesh on September 30 for a month-long trip which will include three ODI matches and a two-Test series.
The players, including Test captain Alistair Cook, will meet in London later this week for a security briefing by representatives from the ECB who have just returned from the subcontinent.
"The briefing will be Thursday evening, with head of security Reg Dickason, a rep from the PCA and John Carr from the ECB," said Morgan.
"They've been doing the reccy and we'll be debriefed by them. Alastair will be there and other guys who are available will come.
"They'll debrief us on the findings on both tours and we'll chat about it, it has to be quite open.
"People have missed tours in the past so you have to make guys feel safe to go. It's a decision you'd rather get out of the way sooner rather than later.
"There's always room for a personal decision, you also have to understand guys might have different priorities."