England confirm original World Twenty20 travel plans

England will fly direct to the West Indies from Gatwick on Sunday for the third ICC World Twenty20 tournament.

Alternative plans, including the possibility of sea and land travel, had been explored because of the crisis caused by the Icelandic volcano.

But the England and Wales Cricket Board told BBC Sport that such contingencies were no longer necessary.

And the International Cricket Council confirmed all teams will now revert to their original travel schedules.

England, one of eight teams yet to travel to the Caribbean for the 12-team tournament, could have flown from Dubai, if their scheduled flight from London had remained grounded because of the volcanic ash cloud produced by an eruption in Iceland.

But that would have meant an arduous trip by sea, train and probably air east to the United Arab Emirates - in the wrong direction - before flying back across Europe and the Atlantic to Barbados.