England women's captain Clare Connor wants the tour to India in December to go ahead.

England's men were deciding today whether to tour there starting next month. Connor believes the women should follow their lead.

Connor, who has been selected with Sussex team-mates Caroline Atkins and Mandy Godliman in a training squad of 18, said: "Whether we go is hanging in the balance. There will be no blanket decision by the ECB, individuals will be allowed to make their choice, which is fair enough.

"But from past experience, and I've toured India twice, the security is so tight. As someone said, you'd be in more danger playing Pakistan at Edgbaston.

"We've been training so hard for it and the preparation has been just sensational with our first full-time coach John Harmer, who coached Australia for seven years. He is revolutionising the way we prepare. He is teaching us so many new things, like how bio-mechanics and body patterns can improve us as players."

Connor, voted in the top three of her country's performers in a poll last month, toured India in 1995 and in 1997 when she took part in the World Cup.

"India is an amazing country. That are fanatical about their cricket and we will be watched by crowds of 20,000 and be treated like princesses."

The Brighton College teacher, who lives in Eastbourne, feels going on tour would be a symbolic act.

She said: "It's different to the men in that it is their job, while for a lot of us it is just international sport we do alongside our regular job.

"But both the men and the women are ambassadors and I feel it is important to be strong and show that we can get on with our lives."