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Pakistan one-day captain Shahid Afridi is struggling to boost the morale of his team following the allegations of fixing against 3 of the players.

Afridi is captain for two Twenty20s and 5 one-day matches after taking over from Salman Butt —one of the 3 players returning to London to face an internal inquiry by Pakistani officials.

”Myself and the coach are trying to keep morale higher,” Afridi said Wednesday. ”It’s always very difficult in these conditions against a good team but they are all really focused.

”What has happened has gone. We are here to play good cricket. It’s a huge challenge for me personally —playing in English conditions is generally difficult.”

Afridi hopes that the remainder of Pakistan’s tour of England will help the players get over the tension of the past couple of days, which have featured the newspaper allegations and the begin of a police investigation.

”We are all looking forward to it,” Afridi said. ”It has been really difficult but we can forget everything, get out, play the cricket and entertain the people.”

Pakistan plays its first Twenty20 against England on Sunday.

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