Andrew strauss is playing golf with kevin pietersen later this week to try to repair their relationship. We must stop this pietersen backbiting before it tarnishes england cricket alastair cooks measured call for a line to be drawn in the. Pietersen criticised a plethora of england players and coaches, such as matt prior, andy flower and graeme swann in his new autobiography. How many times during the last six months have we heard the phrase, when pietersens book comes out in october.
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Oct 08, 2014 ricky ponting backs kevin pietersen after book controversy and says englands socalled leaders would swear and shout if there was a misfield or a dropped catch. England slipped to 1606 before kp let loose on the australian attack. Oct 12, 2014 kevin pietersen reveals that rahul dravid sent him a number of emails which helped the england batsman play spin better. England offspinner graeme swann has criticised the manner in which kevin pietersen led the side during his stint as england captain. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. The bad boy of english cricket, out selling his new autobiography, talks to jon snow about his controversial career. Like hamlet, it is as devoted to the concept of revenge. How ashes tour descended into farce and fury kevin pietersen reveals shambles of pretour training camp, details of row with andy flower before fifth test and how alastair. Kevin pietersens autobiography exposes dark side of english. The moment mitchell johnson nearly hit kevin pietersen. Kevin pietersen s autobiography exposes dark side of english cricket. There was a lot of noise surrounding this book, with kp appearing on tv and others. Former teammate graeme swann described the claims as codswallop. Kevin was dropped from the england squad in february of.
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