Curtains Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Career best for Surrey against Leicestershire and that's not bad is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 reckon he'll get back into the test side? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 reckon he'll get back into the test side? Meeting tonight with Strauss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Thats nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovis aries Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Career best for Surrey against Leicestershire and that's not bad is it. Leicester have not won a game for zillions , they are the worst county side at the moment.Strauss is big mates with Cook so KP has no chance IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 11, 2015 Author Share Posted May 11, 2015 Leicester have not won a game for zillions , they are the worst county side at the moment.Strauss is big mates with Cook so KP has no chance IMO.Kick ourselves in the foot I doubt it. He will be back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Nobody in their right mind would exclude KP out of spite and/or history.That means he'll never play for England again</subtle> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Nobody in their right mind would exclude KP out of spite and/or history.That means he'll never play for England again</subtle>I wouldn't pick him. He's a cock of the highest order. The moment he texted South Africa how to get Strauss out he should never have played for England again.Imagine Roonet texting RVP how to get the better of Phil Jones in an England v Holland game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I wouldn't pick him. He's a cock of the highest order. The moment he texted South Africa how to get Strauss out he should never have played for England again.Imagine Roonet texting RVP how to get the better of Phil Jones in an England v Holland game.I don't think he actually did text that. His text was something like agreeing with their assessment of a weakness. Slightly subtle difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 I wouldn't pick him. He's a cock of the highest order. The moment he texted South Africa how to get Strauss out he should never have played for England again.Imagine Roonet texting RVP how to get the better of Phil Jones in an England v Holland game.Really?That's what happened? Do you have proof of that? If so, you are the only one who has. It was admitted at the time that Pietersen had agreed with a text sent to him that alleged that Strauss was a 'doos'.Not very nice sentiments I agree, but Strauss has proved time and time again that he quite possibly is one. As far as the England setup is concerned, that term probably fits a few of them, the case in point being that we knew at Malahide on Friday that Peter Moores had been sacked - a day before he did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovis aries Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 No gohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/32699465 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Career best for Surrey against Leicestershire and that's not bad is it. Leicestershire are pony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 No gohttp://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/32699465 Told you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Really?That's what happened? Do you have proof of that? If so, you are the only one who has. It was admitted at the time that Pietersen had agreed with a text sent to him that alleged that Strauss was a 'doos'.Not very nice sentiments I agree, but Strauss has proved time and time again that he quite possibly is one. As far as the England setup is concerned, that term probably fits a few of them, the case in point being that we knew at Malahide on Friday that Peter Moores had been sacked - a day before he did. The texts were about how to get Strauss out. I'm not suggesting he gave them a dossier by text but it was discussed during a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovis aries Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Told you No you didn't I said it first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Not really sport though is it? Morris dancing is more exciting....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramblur Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Not really sport though is it? Morris dancing is more exciting.......That's a fertile argument.All I'll say on the KP argument is that cricket's a team game.It's history is littered with greats who knew that in certain situations the needs of the team were paramount,and thus were able to temper their games to meet such needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtains Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Kevin Pietersen will not be recalled to play for England this summer, says director of cricket Andrew Strauss.Pietersen was told of the decision on Monday night, hours after scoring a career-best 326 not out for Surrey.The 34-year-old was sacked by England in February 2014, but had opted to play county cricket this summer in a bid to return to the England Test team.In his first news conference since being appointed, Strauss said: "There's a trust issue between Kevin and I."Speaking on Monday, before his meeting with Strauss, Pietersen said he was "desperate" to return to the international game.Pietersen had reduced his Indian Premier League commitments this year to play for Surrey after incoming ECB chairman Colin Graves had suggested an international return might be possible, if he were to score runs in domestic cricket.But Strauss's assertion that the South Africa-born batsman will not be considered for selection seems to signal the end of a career that took in 8,181 runs and 23 centuries in 104 Tests.Speaking before the meeting with Strauss, Pietersen had said: "What more can I do? All I can do is score runs. I'm incredibly proud of how I played under pressure." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Teale Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 He is a good player and once a great player but lets be honest he isn't likely to come in and make us this great team all of a sudden. To be fair I would like to see a young attacking player come in as we have a few but seem scared of playing them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Basically Pietersen's problem all along has been Strauss, and vice-versa. Strauss maintains that is has been '...an issue of trust', but the offer of allowing Pietersen a role as 'one day cricket consultant' is nothing more than an attempt to see whether the oik really is prepared to grasp his forelock in deference to the toff.It's Gentlemen v Players, 21st century style, and it stinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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