Bob Willis sees Kevin Pietersen holding England to Ransom – Cricket News Update
Adding to England all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-George-Dylan-Willis-c85805 believes the hard-hitting batsman is holding England to ransom by threatening to quite playing for the national team at the end of the third Test at Lord’s against South Africa.
“It's a mess. He's clearly got his nose severely out of joint by not being included in England's initial squad of 30 for the Twenty20 World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in September,” Willis told Sky Sports television.
Insisting that KP was more interested in earning his $2.5 million by playing the next season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Willis added, “But he also wants to play fully in the IPL (Indian Premier League) which clashes directly with England's home series with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 next May. He wants to earn his $2.5 million and he is holding England to ransom."
Pietersen splashed headlines when he revealed that he was considering retiring from the national team after the conclusion of the Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, sighting difficult hurdles in front of him as an England player.
KP hammered an exhilarating century in the Leeds Test to single-handedly save his team from losing their number-one status in Test cricket.
A 149-run knock earned the all-rounder the Player of the Match award and praise from everywhere.
Nonetheless, Pietersen made headlines for all the bad reasons after the match and since then has been receiving severe criticism from former English players, who feel that his attitude has caused distractions for the rest of the players just before the series finale at Lord’s.
A South African victory in the final Test would cost England their Test stature, something that skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 is looking to avoid.
The skipper in his recent interviews, has however, refused to comment on the Pietersen situation, but has insisted that team interests are always important tha an individual’s own goals.
Earlier, former pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 players were sick of KP and their patience was 'wearing thin'.
According to Cork, the series should be about England - who are barely clinging on to their number-one spot - than the outspoken all-rounder Kevin Pietersen.
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