Shahid Afridi was set to lead the charm offensive in Taunton this morning, as Pakistan tried to keep the pressures of the 'spot-fixing' crisis off the field. Afridi faces a difficult task to keep his team-mates focused on today's limited-overs warm-up match against Somerset - while three of their colleagues face a Pakistan Cricket Board inquiry at the High Commission in London. Test captain Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer all left Taunton yesterday - shortly after their team-mates undertook the considerably shorter journey to nets at the County Ground. They are scheduled to be interviewed this morning about the allegations which appeared in newspapers last weekend and have been followed, so far, by four arrests of people outside the Pakistan squad. Butt, Asif and Aamer were also interviewed by police during the Lord's Test and had their mobile phones confiscated as Scotland Yard tried to get to the bottom of claims the Pakistanis bowled no-balls to order as part of a plot to defraud illegal bookmakers. Into the crisis steps Afridi, intent on letting his and his team's cricket do the talking in the hope it will silence any protesters who may want to make themselves heard in Taunton. "We are definitely looking forward to getting back to cricket. We did a very good practice session on Tuesday," he said. "The coach (Waqar Younis) and I are trying to keep morale high. It's always very difficult in these conditions against a good team, but they are all really focused." Eighteen-year-old Aamer is already counting the cost of his part in the controversy - after Pakistan team sponsors BoomBoom suspended him from the deal. BoomBoom managing director Ali Ehsan explained yesterday that his company are also considering whether to continue their contract as the Pakistan team's official kit supplier. Somerset chief executive Richard Gould, meanwhile, believes the presence of Afridi and fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar today will make up for the absence of the three players summoned to London. "You've got 'Boom Boom' Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar, we're delighted to see those two play," he said. "We all tend to be quite Somerset-centric down here too, so there would be a fair few who've come to watch Jos Buttler pit his wits against an international attack. "(Craig) Kieswetter will play, and Peter Trego will play. It will be a strong team." As for the potential for protests from disillusioned Pakistan supporters, Gould is confident Somerset have taken the right measures to accommodate a friendly atmosphere but also make sure no transgressions are tolerated. "We've incorporated the security plan we had in place last year when we were a venue for the Twenty20 World Cup," he said. "Within the last 12 months, we've gone through all the ICC scrutiny on security. "I suspect there might be a little bit of humour thrown in (by the crowd), with a few comments. "But we won't let anything go beyond light-hearted banter and we will be asking all of our members and supporters to make sure they behave themselves and treat the players with the right level of respect."