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Kevin Pietersen claims he could yet return to international cricket - if England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke departed the scene. Kevin Pietersen claims he could yet return to international cricket – if the England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke departed the scene.
It is a fanciful scenario to suggest Pietersen, sacked by the ECB eight months ago, could resume his career with his adopted country under any circumstances such is the vitriol contained in his autobiography, which went on general sale on Thursday.It is a fanciful scenario to suggest Pietersen, sacked by the ECB eight months ago, could resume his career with his adopted country under any circumstances such is the vitriol contained in his autobiography, which went on general sale on Thursday.
But he has escalated his grievances to the very top in his latest interview to promote his book having already directed his fire at former team-mates and former team director Andy Flower. But he has escalated his grievances to the very top in his latest interview to promote his book having already directed his fire at his former team-mates and former team director Andy Flower.
“What would have to happen for me to be recalled by England? Clearly, the boss would have to go,” Pietersen said in the Evening Standard. “What would have to happen for me to be recalled by England? Clearly, the boss would have to go,” Pietersen said in the Evening Standard. “Clarke would have to go, and I’ve been hearing that could happen in the next few months.
“Clarke would have to go, and I’ve been hearing that could happen in the next few months.
“That’s all hearsay, you never know. If there is a change at the top, there is potential, but we will wait and see.”“That’s all hearsay, you never know. If there is a change at the top, there is potential, but we will wait and see.”
It was Clarke who presided, at an eerie press conference alongside Pietersen in Colombo in 2012, over the South Africa-born batsman’s reintegration into the England team.It was Clarke who presided, at an eerie press conference alongside Pietersen in Colombo in 2012, over the South Africa-born batsman’s reintegration into the England team.
That came after a three-month exile imposed on him for sending ’provocative’ text messages about his own captain Andrew Strauss to members of the opposition South Africa team during a home Test series. That came after a three-month exile imposed on him for sending “provocative” text messages about his own captain Andrew Strauss to members of the opposition South Africa team during a home Test series.
Pietersen is equivocal about where he thinks the power lies at the ECB. Pietersen is equivocal about where he thinks the power lies at the ECB. “Giles pulls a lot of strings. In terms of cricket, I believe Andy Flower pulls a lot of strings too. He has Giles Clarke in his pocket.”
“Giles pulls a lot of strings. In terms of cricket, I believe Andy Flower pulls a lot of strings too. He has Giles Clarke in his pocket.”
The ECB declined to comment on Pietersen’s remarks regarding Clarke when approached on Thursday.The ECB declined to comment on Pietersen’s remarks regarding Clarke when approached on Thursday.
KP: The Autobiography has revealed his account of a culture of “bullying” in the England dressing-room under Flower’s regime. KP: The Autobiography has revealed Pietersen’s account of a culture of “bullying” in the England dressing room during Flower’s regime.