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Middlesex may have signed the Australia batsman Chris Rogers and retained the
services of England's Eoin Morgan yesterday but club stalwart Owais Shah has
been left "deeply upset" after being released.

For must of us, using Facebook, Twitter or eBay tends to be quite banal, but
if you're an internationally famous sports star, people tend to pay
attention.

Three people have been arrested by Customs officials in connection with
betting allegations against Pakistani cricket players.

A post on Kevin Pietersen's Twitter account has said the England batsman has
been dropped from the one-day international squads for the series against
Pakistan.

The four Pakistan players at the centre of allegations of spot-fixing will be
the subject of further talks between Pakistan cricket authorities and
politicians today.

The chief executive of cricket's ruling body today promised "prompt and
decisive action" against anyone found cheating after four Pakistan
players were accused of match-fixing.

Investigators from Pakistan's highest crime-fighting agency will arrive in
London today to begin their own inquiry into allegations of a cricket
betting scam amid growing calls for the country to be suspended to prevent
further damage to the reputation of the international game.

In so many ways it was fitting that Pakistan headed west yesterday. That was exactly where their cricket appears to have been going for most of the past decade.