Andrew Strauss insists England have no concerns over facing Pakistan following spot-fixing trial It's time to concentrate on the cricket and we'll play against whichever XI is selected. While Strauss is keen to move on from the controversies of the past, he does not feel the game can be seen as totally clean. "I don't think it's possible to say that," he said. There's more awareness about it, it's been in the news a lot which is a good thing. There have been some consequences of what went on but it's a hard thing to eradicate completely, policing it is very tough. There's a huge responsibility on the administrators but also on the players to make sure that any inkling, anything we see that might be untoward is reported and acted upon. With a history of controversy surrounding series between England and Pakistan, Strauss is hoping the drama this time is confined to the pitch. "This perception that there's always issues between Pakistan and England, we should see this as an opportunity to eradicate that," he said. There's no reason why that should be the case. If we approach it in the right spirit then that should be good for relations between the two teams and world cricket in general. We all recognise it's time to move on from the spot-fixing stuff. Pakistan are playing a lot of good cricket and that's going to be the challenge for us to overcome them, on the field. What's happened before is water under the bridge and I hope both sides can play in the right spirit and produce an entertaining and exciting Test match series.