ion with a barmaid. The tabloid media made allegations of "shenanigans" in his room; he "admitted taking ... [her] into his room but denied anything untoward had happened".[21] During the previous winter, Gatting had been involved in a notorious on-field altercation with umpire Shakoor Rana in Pakistan that snowballed into a diplomatic disaster with the third day of the second test in Faisalabad being abandoned and accusations of cheating.[22]  His recently published autobiography Leading From The Front "...was banned in all shops on county grounds.  Gatting was good enough to lead Middlesex and England, but spectators couldn't buy his book at Lord's".[21]  The new allegations may simply have been the last straw.This proved to be Gatting's last match as captain. He had captained England in 23 Test matches since taking charge against India in 1986, but won only two.[23]Second Test[සංස්කරණය]සැකිල්ල:Test matchGatting was replaced as England captain by his Middlesex colleague John Emb