England and Pietersen – Stand-off and Buried Hatchet – Timeline - Part 2
August 2012
Pietersen showcases ultimate prowess with the bat by playing one of the best counter-attacking innings ever witnessed in Test cricket. Against a formidable Proteas attack, he scored an enterprising 21st Test century of career to lift his team’s
spirit. The match eventually ended in a draw but the war of words went to all new heights after the player declared that it’s tough being me in the current English dressing room.
He further added that the final Test at Lord’s could be his last in England colours, before revelations of a parody twitter account broke out, which the batsman suggested was run by the England players. The account however, was eventually shut down.
More followed in the wake of his comments as it was now ECB’s turn to put the plug on KP’s Test career after it was revealed that he sent provocative messages to his friends in the South African camp after the Headingley Test, where he criticized Andrew
Strauss and the England management, while further gave them tactical information.
With tensions heightened, Pietersen takes to his Youtube channel to declare his intentions to represent England in all forms of the game and further clarify the reports. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 selectors however, remain unimpressed and want him to shed more light on
the text incident in order to be picked for the all-important final Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
With KP failing to provide proper evidence, his England future is thrown up in the air as the selectors decide to omit him from the final Test, with Jonny Bairstow taking his place. The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yorkshire-c867 player impresses on his return but his side eventually suffers
a 51-run defeat to hand the Test crown to their opponents.
With the team in turmoil, Strauss further compound misery by announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket, bringing end to a fruitful association with the national team. He admitted his sadness at how the team relinquished their Test supremacy and
the comments made by Kevin Pietersen. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 was named the new Test skipper.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 decides to be a part of the World T20, but only as a cricket pundit for ESPN Star Sports. His relationship with the ECB will be assessed periodically.
England commences the ODI series with South Africa.
September 2012
The team faced a stalemate in the ODIs (2-2) and T20 arena (1-1).
The player is left out of the central contract list for the upcoming season, but the board said that the discussions are ongoing and remain private.
The national team meanwhile, embarks on their World T20 adventure. Despite being routed by India in their opening round, they qualify for the Super Eights.
October 2012
England failed to defend their T20 crown after losing two of their three Super Eights fixtures. A couple of days later, it was announced that KP has been handed a four-month contract by the ECB during which, Head Coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362 will assess the player’s
attitude. The final decision of whether to include him for the upcoming tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 will rest on Flower.
The player is finally added to the England squad for next month’s battles against the Men In Blue, with both parties burying the hatchet.
November 2012 –
The reintegration process starts….
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