KP saga was a mess, thinks http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-Jones-c2531 – Cricket News Update
Simon http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 earlier in the season was embarrassing and firmly believes that the whole situation could have been handled better.
Pietersen, who has been an integral part of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Allan-Robert-Border-c43726 de
Villiers, two South African cricketers.
Allegedly, the right-handed batsman ridiculed some of his teammates, including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964, the then captain, in those messages. Apart from being omitted from the Test squad, the South Africa born cricketer was not selected for the
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 2012, where the Poms failed to defend their title.
However, the 32-year-old cricketer is now back in the Test team for the on-going tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Jones, who is one of the former teammates of the hard-hitting batsman, thinks that the whole saga did not bring good repute to the English cricket as Pietersen is no ordinary player, having fan following all across the globe.
“The debacle we had during the summer was embarrassing. To lose a guy of KP’s calibre and to see all the statements coming out in the media proved it was a complete mess,” said the former England cricketer.
The 33-year-old Glamorgan player hopes that the dressing room atmosphere is back to normal and the players are focused on the crucial battle, which begins on November 15, at Ahmedabad.
Jones expressed that team spirit is going to play a major role in the Indian conditions, which are going to test the side’s strength. He further added that Pietersen needs to be at the best of his game if the Poms have any chance of dismantling the Men in
Blue.
“They seem to have sorted it now and hopefully they can look to the future rather than dwell on the past, because KP is a massive part of the England team going forward,” he added. “I hope everything is ironed out because you need harmony if you are going
to do well in India.”
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