http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 reintegration – Cricket News Update
A relieved England managing director, Hugh Morris, has praised Kevin Pietersen for swiftly settling into the English dressing room and contributing to the team’s cause during the ongoing series against India.
KP was a late inclusion to the squad which travelled to the sub-continent, following his public stand-off with the English Cricket Board. The star batsman had reiterated his desire to play in the Test arena, along with T20 cricket, but wanted to forfeit
his ODI duties in order to manage his extended workload, which further included an IPL stint.
However, his wishes were not granted by the ECB as they seek assurance that all players must be available for all formats. The saga reached boiling point during the team’s last home series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, where Pietersen allegedly fell out with his
own teammates, notably the then Test skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964.
With him already not on the side’s ODI roster, he was further omitted from the all-important final Test at Lord’s, which the Poms ultimately went onto lose, along with their grip on the no.1 Test rankings. After considerable dialogues between the two parties,
KP finally declared his desire to feature for his adopted side across all formats, leaving ECB with an easy task to have him on board for a difficult series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
He quickly patched up his differences with his teammates, and further ensured that the side did not drift away in the series after the opening loss, scoring a match-winning hundred at Mumbai. That outcome injected a breath of fresh air in the English camp,
which then recorded another win in the subsequent bout at Kolkata to attain a 2-1 lead in the series.
Morris was pleased with the overall outcome of the player’s reintegration process.
"It has worked out really well both on and off the field. We've moved on from where we were in the summer. Kevin sat down with the players and the management team and any outstanding issues have been put to bed."
"Off the field, he has done everything we've asked of him and on the field he has made huge contributions."
"The innings in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 batsman."
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