http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362 hopeful of Pietersen return – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 into the national side after revealing that a decision about the star player’s future is expected to be made in the next 36 hours.
The defending T20 champions were dumped out of the ongoing World T20 tournament after losing their final Super Eights fixture against hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758. Their elimination was largely attributed to the frailties of the top-order, who struggled on slow, turning
tracks of the subcontinent.
Also their decision to omit KP further aggravated their problems after he had been their best player in the previous T20 event, staged in Caribbean. However, the omission had come as a result of the player’s own antics where he often criticized the ECB for
their reluctance to allow him pick his own schedule.
Pietersen wanted to play T20 and Test cricket, a decision which eventually forced him to forfeit the limited-overs format, only to back track later. And despite sparkling in the game’s longest version, he was dropped from the side’s final Test of their home
summer, after being found guilty of sending texts to South African players, which allegedly criticized the then Test skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, and further contained tactical advice.
Since then, he has reiterated his desire to represent his adopted country in all formats of the game and has further held talks with the ECB in a bid to improve their relationship. Still, the board decided to leave him out from the team’s upcoming trip to
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 tour, next year.
Flower, nonetheless, expects a positive outcome in the next 36 hours. "The situation is on-going and I think it's nearing an end now, hopefully in a positive way," Flower said."There has been a lot of formal communication between the ECB and Kevin and there
will be a news conference, I imagine, in the next 36 hours that will enlighten you a little further."
The Head coach also said that leaving Pietersen, who is working as a cricket pundit, hindered his team’s prospects in the World T20. "Of course but he wasn't available for this tournament when we selected the side."
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