Morgan yet to commit to Bangladesh tour

Eoin Morgan says he has yet to decide whether he will lead the England one-day side to Bangladesh at the end of this month.

Morgan was the first of England's two captains - Alastair Cook being the other - to speak publicly about the trip since it was confirmed it would go ahead, following a security inspection led by the ECB's head of security Reg Dickason.

It has been reported that Morgan is one of the players with the most significant doubts about undertaking the tour. However he claimed, despite being captain, he does not see his decision as being influential on other players who may be wavering.

"Absolutely not. It is a completely individual thing," he said. "The decision any individual makes within the side is the right one and everybody will stand by whoever wants to go or not, and I think that is very important.

"I think when so much information is thrown at you within two months of a terrorist attack, you need to digest everything and be settled within yourself so you can go there and concentrate on cricket."

As with other players who have commented on the tour, Morgan said the on-going one-day series against Pakistan has made it difficult to consider the Bangladesh situation.

The one-day squad was due to be announced on September 9, two days after the T20 at Old Trafford, but it has now been pushed back into the following week in order to give the players some breathing space after the international season finishes. Morgan indicated that he expected players' positions - including his own - to be clear within "a couple of days" of the T20.

Conversations continue to go on between the players and Dickason, as well as Andrew Strauss, the director of England cricket, who last week said he believed it was "100% safe" for the tour to go ahead following the ECB delegation's visit and hoped there would not be any absentees.

"I would say in a short space of time it is a difficult one, but we have certainly been given the time by the ECB which helps," Morgan said. "We have not had a great deal of downtime. I think we will take as much time as we need to make a decision and to feel comfortable and to feel safe.

"If we'd had time off or no cricket between the meeting and now, I can't say I would be any closer to the decision, but I would have had more time to digest everything and let everything settle."

If Morgan did withdraw from the tour, England would need a stand-in captain. Jos Buttler, who captained England against Pakistan in the second T20 in the UAE when Morgan was rested, is the vice-captain of the one-day side and could be in line to lead.

There is an expectation that some players who appear across all three formats will be rested for the one-day series. Joe Root, who has played 32 international matches since January 1 this year - the second most in the world - would head that list while Moeen Ali and, despite his truncated season, Ben Stokes are also in line for a break. Stokes will be crucial to England's chances across the seven Tests against Bangladesh and India.