Miller aware of fear factor

National selector Geoff Miller has admitted England's players with a "sense of fear" should not resume their tour of India.
Miller has spent the day liaising with officials from the England and Wales Cricket Board, who have been in talks with security advisers both at home and in India to determine whether it is safe for the team to return and play the two-Test series.
England's one-day squad returned on Saturday with the final two one-day internationals being postponed indefinitely in response to the attacks on several Mumbai landmarks, including the Taj Mahal Palace hotel where the team had been based at the start of the tour.
Since their return there has been speculation about whether both Andrew Flintoff and Steve Harmison would return although the Board of Control for Cricket in India are now claiming the venues for both Tests have been relocated from Ahmedabad and Mumbai to Chennai and Mohali.
The ECB are yet to confirm those switches, but Miller has sympathy for any player considering whether to return, particularly any who have not been convinced once the security reports have been delivered.
Asked if he would go if he was still a player, former Derbyshire off-spinner Miller said: "Yes, I think I would go if I got clearance on security. From an England point of view representing your country is very, very big so if you've got a clearance from security of being looked after then yes, I would.
"But the focus is on playing cricket so you've got to make sure you are fully focused on that job and not being sidetracked by other issues, and that's pretty difficult. I fully understand that.
"If there's a sense of fear then you can't be fully focused on the job you are trying to do. These are difficult circumstances, difficult times, and you've got to have a very strong character to be able to do that."
The players have already been briefed by Reg Dickason, the security consultant to the team, before their departure from Bhubaneswar and his report will also hold the key to whether they return.
Suggestions coming out of India are that the first Test of two, which was scheduled for Ahmedabad, will now be moved to Chennai and Mohali will host the second - which had been originally slated for Mumbai - but the ECB have yet to receive anything in writing to confirm that.
"The players had their meeting in India and discussed things, although there was very little they could discuss while waiting to see what Reg and the security people said," explained Miller.
"Now they will make their own personal decisions and once they have all done that we will reassess it, but we have to reassess it quickly because the turnaround is rapid.
"We've got two big Tests to play against one of the best teams in the world. It's not only about playing those games, it's also about the build-up to them - the preparation.
"Obviously we've been knocked back as far as that is concerned, so that's difficult in itself. So yes, the turnaround is as quick as possible because we've got to get some pre-match work done."
The Professional Cricketers' Association have also been involved in today's meetings and those in charge of decision-making within English cricket want to be satisfied that any proposed security arrangements are adequate.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office were consulted by the ECB this morning but any decision on whether to travel will be down to the assessment of those at Lord's, who are expected to make a final announcement on the future of the tour tomorrow.
Current FCO website advice to British citizens - as of this afternoon - is to avoid all but essential travel to Mumbai and to 'take care to be extra vigilant in their movements' elsewhere in India.