Kevin Pietersen reluctant to dismiss chance of ODI return – Cricket News Roundup – Part 2 – July 09, 2012
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 has avoided closing the door completely on the prospect of his return to playing one-day cricket for England, although he admits the scheduled will need to be altered in order for him to consider the possibility.
“Never say never. I'm a lot older and more mature than a few years ago, so you never know,” said the right-hander while talking to the
Daily Mail. “Anything can happen. I'll never say no, but the schedule would have to be a h**l of a lot different for me to come back.”
The 32-year-old retired from limited-overs cricket in May this year, four months before England prepare to defend their title at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 this September. Although he has expressed his interest in continuing T20 cricket, and playing
in the mega event, ECB rules do not allow players to retire from one limited-overs format, and continue playing in the other.
All-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 early owing to injuries, leaving behind their team’s disappointing ongoing tour of England.
Both players suffered calf strains during the team’s 4th ODI against the Poms, which they went on to lose by 8 wickets, consequently losing the series. The injuries have also rendered both cricketers doubtful for Australia’s limited-overs series
against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, due to be played in UAE this August/September.
“They were both disappointed, obviously Shane has had a few injuries in his time … and works extremely hard on getting his body right, so he was fairly disappointed,” said teammate http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MG-Johnson-c1945. “Brett's had a pretty good career through injuries … but
it's just a little one at the moment, and I'm sure he'll be back pretty quickly.”
The Pakistan Cricket Board has banned out-of-favour leg-spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Danish-Kaneria-c1314 from any sort of official cricket in Pakistan until the outcome of his appeal against a life-ban from the sport, issued to him last month by the England and Wales Cricket
Board, on grounds of spot-fixing.
The decision was made following a meeting of the PCB’s integrity committee today on July 9, headed by board chairman Zaka http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397.
Kaneria was accused of acting as the middleman in a plot to bowl deliberate no-balls during an Essex v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Essex-c783 pacer was sentenced and released after serving half his term, but Kaneria was
released by the police owing to insufficient evidence.
The Pakistani bowler has not been allowed to play for the national side since 2010, and was handed a life-ban from the sport at a disciplinary meeting with the ECB for corruption charges. Rules dictate that all sanctions imposed by the ECB are immediately
applicable to all other boards, and the spinner has expressed the intent to challenge the verdict, though a formal appeal has not been lodged as yet.
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