No security worries for the captains

England and India are placing their faith in security experts who have so far told them there is no reason the Edgbaston Test should not go ahead today.

Riots spread to Birmingham on Monday night, confining both teams to their city-centre hotels. But while a string of football matches - including England's friendly against Holland at Wembley tonight - have been cancelled, the third npower Test appears set to take place as scheduled.

England captain Andrew Strauss reported today that he and his team have been told they are "100 per cent safe", and his opposite number Mahendra Singh Dhoni is receiving similarly reassuring advice.

Several members of the home team tweeted from their hotel last night about the disorder outside, but they appeared at ease when they arrived for practice at Edgbaston this morning.

Strauss said: "It hasn't really affected us or our preparation much at all. All these things are determined either by our security team or the authorities that are running the match.

"We have been given no indication that the game isn't going ahead, so it's right for us to prepare as we normally would. I don't think we have been distracted by it."