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Former England cricket captain Geoffrey Boycott on Monday said the ICC has never dealt with corruption cases involving Pakistan properly and the body should hand over the latest spot-fixing scandal to ex-players such as him if it cannot punish the implicated players hard enough

• Mascarenhas fined £1,000 for calling Geoff Miller a 'prick' • Pietersen fined undisclosed sum for tweet deemed 'prejudicial'

Cardiff: Pakistan's latest match in their controversial tour of Britain ended in a five-wicket Twenty20 defeat by world champions England at Sophia Gardens here on Sunday.

An unbroken half-century partnership between left-handers Eoin Morgan and Michael Yardy steered England to a relatively

Bat him at No5. Beg him to dye his hair. Laugh at everything he says. Pietersen at his best is a triumph of the basically silly

• Fomer Pakistan international still 'tainted by corruption' • Team director Andy Flower gives colleague full backing

Kevin Pietersen faced the prospect of disciplinary action after announcing via social networking site Twitter he'd been dropped from England's squad for the upcoming Twenty20 and one-dayers gainst Pakistan

Kevin Pietersen apologized on Wednesday for swearing in an Internet outburst that revealed he had been dropped from England's Twenty20 and one-day international squads for the forthcoming series against Pakistan.

London: England players want Pakistan's tainted trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir to be dropped from the Twenty20 and ODI series so that the remaining tour does not become a "sideshow" to the murky spot-fixing scandal that has rocked world cricket, their players' association chief executive said.