Bahnz
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Nah that's his average in county cricket.
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It's Tough Being Me - The Kevin Pietersen Story
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Cabinet96
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It does no good. Makes it seem like the team are divided over the issue and means the matter of KP damages team harmony whether he's there or not, etc.
I have some sympathy for Bell. He has to be careful with his words and doesn't want to sound like he's saying KP doesn't deserve to get back in, that would lose him friends and make it awkward if he ever does get back. However, with the way the media runs with it, saying he "insists KP should get a chance" it just doesn't no good. You're better off just not saying anything.
Gob
International Coach
personally find kp not being trustworthy excuse to be far more tolerable than the kp not being good enough to find a place in the line up excuse. Cook doesn't have an opening partner so Balance could be a makeshift opener so you can push Root or Bell to 3 to make room for kp to bat @ 4 or you could just go in with 4 bowlers with Moeen being one of them.England got a decent line up but some make it sound like Ponting,Tendulkar and Lara bat from 3 to 5 and its immovable for the moment. Dont rate Balance anyway he has done well against lesser quality attacks but with his technique he will struggle against the added pace of Johnson and Harris imo. Not that its a reason to drop him but the point is that there are more than one way to fit kp in if they wanted to.
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
I don't think the team is particularly divided. The only player in the dressing room that Pietersen openly has a problem with is Stuart Broad. I don't think KP was particularly enamoured with how Cook handled the situation post-Ashes but I think there's at least an appreciation of the fact that Cook was put in a particularly difficult position and I don't think Pietersen has any problem with him on a personal level. Swann's retired, Prior's been retired and despite the fact that his name keeps coming up, Pietersen doesn't have any particular beef with Anderson.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Yeah.... its amazing how little thought is given to the number of guys (and no matter what the number is) who are part of the current English team who do not have a problem with KP and would want to play in a side strengthened by his skills to give themselves a better chance of winning cricket games... It is almost as if Cook, Strauss, Broad and Andy Flower ARE English cricket at the moment and the others and their opinions be damned...
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Mahela speaking is definitely not ***y.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
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GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
flibbertyjibber
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I'm Team I can't be bothered with this **** anymore.
flibbertyjibber
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Constant digs about the captaincy all last summer probably not helped.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Thought you said you didn't believe Cook threatened to resign if KP came back?
Fuller Pilch
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English cricket keeps shooting itself in the foot. Alistair Cook should have been sacked along with Moores. Not defeating the WI alone is worthy of not having his captaincy renewed. KP would have injected some glamour to an otherwise mostly dull batting lineup (Bell can be eye-catching at times). English cricket must be in a better financial position than people think if they can afford to pay a hefty salary to Strauss to fill a completely unnecessary position. Also, it appears to me he has already undermined the newly appointed chairman of the board.
Alistair Cook's captaincy is taking the team backwards. Does he still merit a place in the team on batting alone?
Alistair Cook's captaincy is taking the team backwards. Does he still merit a place in the team on batting alone?
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I don't think so? I chopped spark's post off at mirror as a dig at the mirror, rather than as a comment on the story. Not sure if Cook actively threatened to resign but he has made it fairly clear he doesn't want KP back.
Telegraph's colours are firmly nailed to the mast in that article too, mind you.
But yeah if it is true, as petulant as the whole thing is, I'd much rather keep Cook.
