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ANDREW STRAUSS and his England players will be secluded by increased security when they play Pakistan in January.
In the wake up of the Pakistan spot-fixing disgrace, the safety of the England team is to be reassessed.
They play three Tests, four one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches next to Pakistan in the Arabian Desert in January and February.
The matches are organism played in Dubai and Abu Dhabi since Pakistan is out of bounds for cricket tours due to security concern.
Even though the Emirates are not considered an A-level risk destination, England will be taking no chances following the jailing of three Pakistan cricketers and their manager at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday.
Ex-Pakistan captain Salman Butt was sentence to 30 months, while bowler Mohammed Asif was given 12 months.
Teenage bowler Mohammed Amir was sent to a young offender organization for six months. The trio's agent Mazher Majeed was locked up for two years and eight months.
The players have told how they were threatened by criminal world gangsters and illegal bookmakers who run the betting markets in Asia and the Middle East.
England team safety expert Reg Dickason will put in place the needed measures before the team depart for the tour on January 3.
A team insider said: "We trust Reg's decision totally and will follow any suggestion he makes. But there's no doubt emotion is running high.
"It is extraordinary for players to be sent to prison for their participation in match-rigging."
The England players are still offended that, although they were nothing more than blameless bystanders, they were sucked into the argument that destroyed the home series against Pakistan in 2010.
SunSport exposed on Thursday how Captain Strauss will tell his players not to allow residual anger to turn into personal vendetta when England faces Pakistan.
And Strauss is now calling on the ICC's anti-corruption unit to step up its chase of further cheats.
At a dinner at Lord's on Thursday evening, Strauss described the anti-corruption unit as "paper tigers".
Sir Ronnie Flanagan, head of cricket's dishonesty busters, is under huge force to make sure his team brings more cheats to justice.
England legends Ian Botham and Michael Vaughan are among those who consider more fixers are still playing international cricket.
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