The enigma that is Kevin Pietersen

[ddb]

i find it quite funny that so many people are having a go at KP for being a money grabber when i read other sites and comments on articles, when if it wasn't for the ECB arranging pointless ODI series like the one against australia this year, for no other reason than to make money, then this situation might not even have arisen

No, that's completely incorrect. How many times does it need to be repeated that it is for the World Cup? It wouldn't have existed if the ECB didn't ask Aus for an extra ODI tour to practice for the WC.

[braveneutral]

14 pages on KP's retirement . That beat Lara's if there probably was one thread for it.

Wait till Tendulkar retires.

I was thinking more of David Sales' retirement.

[meninblue]

14 pages on KP's retirement . That beat Lara's if there probably was one thread for it.

Wait till Tendulkar retires.

I was thinking more of David Sales' retirement.

Yeah , even being very less savvy about media presence his retirement will lead to millions of posts. Ultimately he will be compared to Lara .

[Kim]

14 pages on KP's retirement . That beat Lara's if there probably was one thread for it.

Wait till Tendulkar retires.

I was thinking more of David Sales' retirement.

He wont retire.

He will give up when his belly, eventually and inevitably, explodes.

[braveneutral]

14 pages on KP's retirement . That beat Lara's if there probably was one thread for it.

Wait till Tendulkar retires.

I was thinking more of David Sales' retirement.

He wont retire.

He will give up when his belly, eventually and inevitably, explodes.

I think it will be like the scene from Alien. Northants' next long-term fixture in the middle order will appear and the cycle shall be continued.

[ianp1970]

How about this for a radical format solution?

Test cricket - remains the same

ODIs has the same batting / fielding / bowling regulations as tests, but is limited to 50 overs per side. Most runs wins!!

T20 - remains the same.

[shankycricket]

What about the wides, Ian?

[meninblue]

KP's average was 42 and SR 87. That's what needs to be replaced.

The replacement would be doing a good job if he averages somewhere around 40 and striking at 80+ to start with. Trott is better average wise as he is 7 more than KP. But as it often is the higher the average, the lesser the SR. KP balanced the average and SR ratio well. Morgan balances the ratio well, but it will be interesting to see if he can improve a bit proportionately. Also, it is expected that players like Trott , Cook and Morgan improve as they accrue more experience.

Some of the stats of the other England ODI batters:

Cook: 41 and 81
Trott : 49 and 78
Morgan: 38 and 83
Kieswetter: 30 and 92.

[ianp1970]

What about the wides, Ian?

Off-side same as now, leg-side maybe cut in half the length of the return crease?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Wher does Selvey talk about breach of contract Arthur?

Wouldnt surprise me if he did give up tests soon. Not much left for him to prove is there?

Here. "KP signed a contract committing to all forms of the game, a commitment he reinforced as recently as February. He is now trying to change that contract midstream. ECB have actually been accommodating in paying him up in full to the end of the term: the bottom line, presumably is that they could have sued him for breach of contract."

[andy]

i think if they sued him for breach of contract, then he would have said fine, and retired from tests as well.

[shankycricket]

Here is a blog about KP:

http://thepavilioncricket.blogspot.co.u ... wrong.html

Not sure I agree but worth a read!

[Alviro Patterson]

Is this announcement a bit of toys-out-of-the-pram response for being reprimanded over the Twittergate comments I wonder?

i doubt it would be about something as trivial as that but wondering if something has triggered this behind the scenes

Word on the street is Kevin Pietersen asked ECB to be rested for half of the forthcoming ODIs. ECB said no but KP didn't like the response and mentioned Andrew Strauss got rested for the tour of Bangladesh as an example, ECB turned round and said to KP shouldn't have played in the IPL.

KP then decides to retire from ODI cricket but said he'll be available to play in Tests and T20Is, ECB said you have to retire from T20s as well as ODIs, KP went ahead with the retirement of limited overs cricket.

[shankycricket]

Even as a KP fan, I think refusing to allow KP to rest from the ODIs is a fair call from the ECB given that he played in the IPL. But to say that, you cant play T20I if you retire from ODIs is ludicrous and is,needless to say, detrimental to the team's chances at the T20 World Cup.

[SaintPowelly]

Is this announcement a bit of toys-out-of-the-pram response for being reprimanded over the Twittergate comments I wonder?

i doubt it would be about something as trivial as that but wondering if something has triggered this behind the scenes

Word on the street is Kevin Pietersen asked ECB to be rested for half of the forthcoming ODIs. ECB said no but KP didn't like the response and mentioned Andrew Strauss got rested for the tour of Bangladesh as an example, ECB turned round and said to KP shouldn't have played in the IPL.

KP then decides to retire from ODI cricket but said he'll be available to play in Tests and T20Is, ECB said you have to retire from T20s as well as ODIs, KP went ahead with the retirement of limited overs cricket.

Sounds about right, willing to make loads of cash in IPL and not honour his ECB contract.