England skipper Andrew Strauss insists the one-day international series against Pakistan should carry on despite calls for its abandonment.
The Test and one-day matches against Pakistan have been blighted with allegations of spot-fixing and Friday's one-dayer is being investigated. But Strauss said: "It's a hard thing to stop a series when we don't know how credible the evidence is.
"If the ICC had hard evidence of what was happening we'd change our views." England and Pakistan play the fourth, and penultimate, one-day international at Lord's on Monday, with England 2-1 ahead in the series.
One of those calling for the two matches not to be played is Michael Vaughan. The former England captain said: "It would be the right thing for the game. I know the allegations have yet to be proved but there are so many flying around and it's damaging the game."
Strauss said he "totally understood" the viewpoint that the remaining matches should be cancelled but admitted the allegations were no longer affecting his players.
"I think we've got used to putting that to one side now," Strauss added. "I think we've got used to focusing on the cricket side of things now."
The final match is at the Rose Bowl in Hampshire on Wednesday.
Although claims are still hanging over the fourth Test and Friday's match at The Oval, the England and Wales Cricket Board decided the matches should continue after viewing details supplied by the International Cricket Council.
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The investigation is the latest blight on Pakistan's summer tour, with four members of the team - none of whom were involved in Friday's match - being investigated amid allegations of spot-fixing (where players agree to bowl or bat producing predetermined outcomes).
Strauss, though, did not agree with comments made by England coach Andy Flower that the series had been "devalued".
Flower expressed over the weekend the current situation had been "very said for cricket" and "really annoying".
However, Strauss said: "It's certainly overshadowed the cricket. But I don't think that means the cricket has been any less important.
"They've been three very hard-fought cricket matches. There certainly seems to be passion on both sides, they've been high intensity affairs." The ECB was assured no England player was linked to allegations that "a certain scoring pattern" in Pakistan's innings at The Oval was already known to bookmakers before it became reality.
In a statement, the Pakistan Cricket Board expressed regret at the way the allegations had been handled and also condemned the sensationalising of the claims which it accepts are harming cricket in general and Pakistan in particular.
Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas was equally unhappy with the manner of the investigations, as well as being upset with The Sun newspaper, who claimed to have been made aware of details of Pakistan's innings before Friday's match had got under way.
"I think the ICC has taken a decision [to launch an inquiry] in haste and the PCB must protest with them," Abbas said.
"The new allegations are from a newspaper of the same group as News of the World, so I see it as a conspiracy against Pakistan."
