Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt and the team management in England will decide today on whether to send home the players accused of spot-fixing during the Lords test and to fly in replacements for them. Pakistan cricket team sources said that the captain for the forthcoming one-day series in England, Shahid Afridi will meet PCB Chairman Butt and manager Yawar Saeed today to discuss the situation arising out of the allegations.The names of seven players, including test captain Salman Butt have come up in the allegations brought up by the English tabloid News of the World, whose sting operation led to the arrest of an alleged fixer, Mazhar Majeed. According to revelations made by the arrested middleman, it was decided that Pakistan will lose two one-day matches in the five-match series. Sources said, the situation is already tense in the team as the police has confiscated the mobile phones and passports of the players who are accused of spot-fixing.The Pakistan Cricket Board has, however, declined tomake any comments on the ongoing investigations. In a press release, the PCB said that since the matter is under investigation by the ICC and police, it will not make any comments.Pakistan's former captain Imran Khan has expressed disappointment over the allegations and said the charges if found true has the potential to cause great damage to cricket in the country.Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has described the alleged incident as shameful and asked Ministry of Sport to conduct an inquiry into it. Sports Minister Ijaz Jakhrani said any players found guilty will face life bans. Reports from London claim that the Pakistan cricket team players rigged the opening Test against England nearly a month ago. The hosts won the match by a massive 354 runs. According to British tabloid 'The Sun', Scotland Yard's Assistant Commissioner Cressida Dick was told about Pakistani players being involved in match fixing a month ago. The new revelations are bound to damage the Pakistan cricket team's reputation even more after a sting operation "exposed" 'spot-fixing' by pacers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir. They were allegedly paid by a bookie Mazhar Majeed to send down no balls during the lost Lord's Test against England.Majeed was arrested on Saturday but was released on bail on Sunday night. The Pakistani cricketers implicated in the scandal, including captain Salman Butt, Asif, Aamir and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, have had their mobile phones confiscated by the police.