Aussie players to delay Indian travel plans after attacksCricket Australia Cricket Australia, formerly (and still often referred to as) the Australian Cricket Board, is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket Matches. has moved to delay the travel plans of Australian cricketers to India for next week's Champions Twenty20 League in the wake of militant attacks which have killed up to 100 people in Mumbai. The Western Australia Western Australia, state (1991 pop. 1,409,965), 975,920 sq mi (2,527,633 sq km), Australia, comprising the entire western part of the continent. It is bounded on the N, W, and S by the Indian Ocean. Perth is the capital. and Victoria state teams are scheduled to play in the tournament along with Test stars Mike Hussey, Matthew Hayden Matthew Lawrence Hayden (born 29 October, 1971 in Kingaroy, Queensland to Laurence and Moya Hayden) is an Australian and Queensland cricketer. Hayden (nicknames: Haydos, Unit and Shane Watson and the retired Shane Warne representing Indian Premier League  This article or section contains information about a sporting event or team. teams.
"Given the circumstances, Cricket Australia has put an immediate halt on any cricket-related travel to India," the organisation said in a statement on Thursday. "We are in on-going contact with DFAT DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade DFAT Destination Final Acceptance Test (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), our own security expert in India, the Australian Cricketers' Association The Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) is an organisation that represents the professional first-class cricketers of Australia, both past and present. It is not a formally registered Trade Union, but an Incorporated Association. and our own playing groups and stakeholders." Australia captain Ricky Ponting has backed CA's decision, saying the attacks have caused "massive concern" within his team. "That has been the whole talk around the breakfast room this morning and certainly even at the start of training (the talk) was about this incident," Ponting said ahead of Friday's second Test against New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. at Adelaide Oval. "It goes to show the level of concern that we're showing towards it. "They (CA) have said that any cricket travel has been cancelled at the moment. I think that's definitely the right decision right now. "Those travel plans could change pretty quickly as well. We'll just wait and see what happens." In the group phase of the eight-team tournament, Victoria are scheduled to play at Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium on December 3 against English side Middlesex and the following day against India's Chennai Super Kings, whose team contains Australian stars Hayden and Hussey. Western Australia play all three of their preliminary-round games in Bangalore. Indian champions the Rajasthan Royals, captained by Warne and featuring Australian all-rounder Watson, play the Sialkot Stallions at Brabourne Stadium on December 5 and two other matches in Bangalore. 
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