London matches set to go ahead as planned

The England & Wales Cricket Board are hopeful that the forthcoming NatWest Challenge matches at Lord's and The Oval will not be affected by Thursday's terrorist attacks on London.

"We are certainly not complacent about the threat from terrorism," said an ECB spokesman during England's nine-wicket win at Headingley. "We are expecting the NatWest Challenge to proceed as planned, but we shall be guided by police advice."

The four bomb blasts, which crippled London's tube network during the morning rush-hour on Thursday, are sure to have spill-over effects into the weekend. The entire system was closed for the remainder of the day, and with full houses expected to descend on Lord's on Sunday and The Oval on Tuesday, access to the grounds may prove tricky.

Michael Vaughan admitted after the Headingley match that it had been hard to focus on the game at hand, given the distractions in the capital. "It's difficult," he said. "It certainly puts cricket and sport into perspective.

"Yesterday we were celebrating London getting the Olympics and then you put the telly on this morning and you see those kinds of things - it just puts sport and life into perspective. If our win today can go any way towards making a few people happy, that's fantastic."