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ODI matches postponed after attacks

England have decided to fly home from their tour of India following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai but remain committed to returning for the Test series.

Following a series of meetings at their hotel in Bhubaneswar on Thursday the tourists have elected to fly home on Friday with a view to returning for the first Test in Ahmedabad on December 11.

Hugh Morris, managing director of England Cricket, said: "We want to get back home to a home environment which we think will be a good thing for all the players."

He added: "The players know this is a very real thing because they were only in one of the hotels attacked a few weeks ago."

Morris confirmed no decision had been made about the date of their return but they were due to play a three-day practice match in Baroda starting on December 5 ahead of the two-Test series.

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