The remainder of England's one-day cricket series against India was on Thursday scrapped following the  error attacks in Mumbai which also prompted the organisers of the $6-million Champions League to postpone the high-profile Twenty20 event.

However, the two-match Test series starting on December 11 will go ahead as per schedule with a change in venue of the second Test from Mumbai to an alternative city, most likely in South India.

The England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed that it has given assurances to the BCCI to return to India and play the two-match Test series starting on December 11 in Ahmedabad.

The ECB in a statement said the English team, which is now in Bhubaneswar, will fly back home tomorrow without playing the last two matches of the seven-ODI series, but will come back to play the Test series.

"The ECB have announced that England will fly back to London tomorrow in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. But both the ECB and the BCCI have made assurances that the two Test matches will go ahead," the statement said.

The ECB also confirmed that BCCI was working on shifting the second Test from Mumbai where more than 125 people were killed in terror attack.

"The BCCI are endeavouring to find an alternative southern venue for the second Test."

Hugh Morris, the ECB managing director, said, "Emotions are very high. We feel the home environment is a place where the players should be for a few days.”

"The priority for a board, at home and overseas, is the safety and security of the players and management. We conduct regular audits and monitor the situation," he said in the ECB statement.