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Kevin Pietersen: "I can't give any assurances that the next Test won't be my last. I'd like to carry on but there are obstacles that need to be worked out"
Kevin Pietersen could have played his last game for England after conceding that there were deep, perhaps irrepairable, divisions with the ECB and some other members of the England dressing room.

Pietersen, who has been unsettled for some time by the demands of the England schedule, refused to confirm that the final Test of the series against South Africa at Lord's would not be his last and expressed his anger that private conversations between him and officials at the ECB had been leaked to the media.

His comments are sure to be poorly received by those at Lord's and by his England colleagues. With a vital Test looming it is far from impossible that Pietersen could be disciplined or even dropped in an attempt to retain a semblance of team spirit within the England camp.

"I can't give any assurances that the next Test won't be my last," Pietersen said. "I'd like to carry on but there are obstacles that need to be worked out. There are other points I'm trying to sort out in the dressing room.

"It would be a huge shame. I love playing Test cricket for England, but we'll see. For me, the saddest part about all this is that the spectators just love watching me play and I love playing for England."


Kevin Pietersen admitted that he could have played his last game for England because of deep-lying issues with ECB administrators and in the dressing room
Pietersen confirmed that some of his issues concerned a desire to play more IPL cricket, a wish to spend more time with his family and his enthusiasm to be included in England's World T20 squad. But he also insisted that there were "a lot of other issues that are more important that are being sorted".

"It's absolutely 100% not about money," he said. "This is not a money issue. The politics is what I have to deal with personally. It's tough being me playing for England.

"There's always speculation. There's speculation every single day. You guys speculate about my life all day every day. I'm going to make some decisions that will make me very happy."

Pietersen's current cause for concern is the leaking of information he regarded as private. Admitting that it revived memories of his sacking as England captain at the end of 2008, when Pietersen believes that his private concerns about the then England coach, Peter Moores, were also leaked to the media, he seemed to suggest that public opinion was being manipulated against him.

"It was blamed on me that before this Test series I was grabbing the headlines," he said. "Did I leak anything to the media about the meetings I was having with the ECB? I never spoke to the media for one single second and it was me grabbing the headlines and journalists talking about me grabbing the headlines. I never spoke a single word to a single journalist about anything that happened behind closed doors that I thought were closed doors. So you guys are always going to speculate and make me out to be the bad guy. No problem."

The catalyst for the latest controversy in a career that has seen more than most - including his dismissal as England captain and his departures from Nottinghamshire and Hampshire - is the prospect of a new round of annual central contracts in September. Pietersen, who effectively retired from international limited-overs cricket in May after expressing a reluctance to make himself available for all ODIs, has also requested that he is allowed to miss the Test series in New Zealand in March in order to play a whole season of IPL.

While he insisted that, in a perfect world, he would like to continue to play for England in all forms of game, his desire to pick and choose his series is most unlikely to be tolerated by the ECB. The ECB, citing the importance of treating all players equally and the dangers of setting a precedent, demands that players are available for all matches if they are to be considered for any.

Andrew Strauss, the England captain, was reluctant to be drawn on Pietersen's words. He did, however, underline the fact that the needs of the team would remain more important than the needs of the individual and that it was vital England were not distracted ahead of a Test that will confirm which is the No. 1 ranked Test side.

"One thing I will say, and it is important to stress this, is that the Team unity that we have had over the last three years has been outstanding," Strauss said. "It is something we all pride ourselves on, always have done and will continue to do so going forward.

"I hope the Kevin issue isn't going to be a distraction. The truth is we want as few distractions as possible in making sure we win this third Test match. I'm not here to talk about Kevin Pietersen. It is not something I want to talk about at this stage."
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So he's desperate to play for England, except when there's more lucrative cricket going on.

Fair enough, there's the door. Cheers.
 
As Shane Warne was saying, England needs Kevin Pietersen and so does the game in general, so he and the ECB need to find a way of meeting half way.

Its pathetic the way you have to play ODI and T20 with England. This isnt the case with the likes of Australia.

Also, in fairness to him, when we go to New Zealand, many of their players will be missing some of the test series as they will be playing rounders in India.
 
The day it becomes commonplace for cricketers to play IPL when their country is playing test cricket on the other side of the world is a sad sad day for the game.
 
dangermows said:
As Shane Warne was saying, England needs Kevin Pietersen and so does the game in general, so he and the ECB need to find a way of meeting half way.

Its pathetic the way you have to play ODI and T20 with England. This isnt the case with the likes of Australia.

Also, in fairness to him, when we go to New Zealand, many of their players will be missing some of the test series as they will be playing rounders in India.
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That statement baffles me like.
 
Can see arguments on both sides really. The ECB should want the best players to play all the time and not be able to pick and choose. On the other hand the EBC's continued ignorance of the IPL is going to cause more issues like this as time goes on.
 
I disagree that test cricket should be scheduled around a domestic competition like. If a few wealthy idiots decided to splash cash at the Big Bash would Test Cricket be expected to make way for that too?
 
I'm sure this is SEB, from the Eng v SA 2nd test thread.

Anyway, both him and the ECB itself need to realise that neither of them are bigger than the team. The ECB should have just let him play the T20's and no ODI's.

But if KP wants to act like a tosser with quotes like 'it's tough being me' (what Kev, with your popstar wife, newborn child, millions of pounds in the bank and playing professional cricket, I'm sure that's a right tough time you're having there), then it's time to drop him on our terms, not his. Don't let him dictate, drop him before he can retire and bring in Nick Compton or James Hildreth.
 
Not only should we let him get away with not playing 50 over cricket and missing test matches when he wants we should allow him not to field so he can pop home and see his family during the opposition innings. Fielding can be quite boring and if he doesnt fancy it then why should he?

Also he should be allowed to get a single of the last ball of every over thus keeping the strike ----ahh had on!
 
Mackem00 said:
That statement baffles me like.
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He is easily our best batsman - you tend to do better with your best players playing - so we need him.

He is easily one of the best batsmen in the world and one of the most entertaining - this kind of player put arses on seats - so the game needs him.

..You get into cricket late like marra? ;-)
 
dangermows said:
He is easily our best batsman - you tend to do better with your best players playing - so we need him.

He is easily one of the best batsmen in the world and one of the most entertaining - this kind of player put arses on seats - so the game needs him.

..You get into cricket late like marra? ;-)[/QUOTE

So what would your tolerance level be mate? You are happy for our best player to pick and choose when he plays test cricket and that he can retire from 50 over cricket. If he insisted on a say in team selection would that be a step too far after all he is our best player.
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I can see both sides of the argument here. The ECB will stand its ground though which is totally understandable. I think KP will look back in a couple of years and regret this. Personally I will be gutted if he has played his last game for England this summer. Cricketers like him dont come along too often, real shame.
 
rentaghost said:
dangermows said:
He is easily our best batsman - you tend to do better with your best players playing - so we need him.

He is easily one of the best batsmen in the world and one of the most entertaining - this kind of player put arses on seats - so the game needs him.

..You get into cricket late like marra? ;-)
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So what would your tolerance level be mate? You are happy for our best player to pick and choose when he plays test cricket and that he can retire from 50 over cricket. If he insisted on a say in team selection would that be a step too far after all he is our best player.
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In all honesty I think the boards need to accept that the IPL isnt going to go away. So I would suggest putting together itinaries that mean test cricket doesnt class. Ive made no secret of the fact I dont really care for the ODI version of the game so if I was to pick Id say the number of those games being played should be reduced to free up dates. That way those who like proper cricket can get their fix from the test matches and those who like to see a whack around can watch T20.

I do not see any problem in him wanting to drop ODIs but play T20 as many other nations allow this.

If you arent a coach or captain then I dont think you should have input as to team selection.

Mainze said:
I can see both sides of the argument here. The ECB will stand its ground though which is totally understandable. I think KP will look back in a couple of years and regret this. Personally I will be gutted if he has played his last game for England this summer. Cricketers like him dont come along too often, real shame.
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I think there is much more to it that KP simply thwoing his toys out mind. Its no secret that some parties are not his biggest fan, especially after the run in with Moores.
 
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Interesting article in the Telegraph about the 'fake' twtter account and how he think's it's a team mate behind it

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Let him go, then when he comes running back when the IPL is finished tell the big headed **** to fuck off. Good player but i cant stand him for some reason
 
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