England skipper Andrew Strauss says he wants last week's ball-tampering controversy to be left behind and the focus to return to cricket ahead of his side's Twenty20 international against Pakistan..jpg)
The match was in doubt last week after touring skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq threatened to head home early amid the ball-tampering accusations.
However, the Pakistan batsman, who is expected to front an International Cricket Council (ICC) hearing for ball-tampering and bringing the sport into disrepute in September, has since made it clear he will remain in England.
With the hearing pushed into the distance, Pakistan assured England it would front for the one-day international series.
"The most important thing is for people to see good cricket being played, to see good, tight games," Strauss told the BBC.
"Then hopefully the attention will be turned back to the good parts of cricket rather than what's happened."
Despite England keeping largely out of the scandal, Strauss did admit that last week's forfeited Test seemed almost surreal.
"It's been a pretty extraordinary week for cricket, though not something that has involved us a huge amount," he said.
"Now it's time to move on from there and in order to do that both sides will be looking to play some good cricket and hopefully provide some on-field highlights."
As against Sri Lanka earlier this year, the Twenty20 match is a curtain-raiser for a 50-over, five-match one-day series.
