Michael Vaughan shocked at Kevin Pietersen’s retirement – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 2012 without their best player.
The 31-year-old announced his retirement from limited-overs internationals last week, stating his body's inability to take the burden of a hectic international cricket schedule as the reason. However, the lanky batsman will continue to play Test cricket
for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
England won the previous edition of the mega event in the Caribbean in 2010, with Pietersen playing a massive role as the hard-hitting batsman was named as the Player of the Tournament. The former Ashes winning captain is shocked that the right-handed batsman
made such a drastic decision so close to the mega event and feels that Pietersen’s absence is bound to hurt England’s chances of defending the title.
Vaughan is sure that Pietersen’s retirement would have demoralized the two English limited-overs captains, Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad.
"I would have thought if you are going to go, why not go on until the end of the World Twenty20? Unfortunately, England will go into that tournament without their best player. The one-day and T20 skippers - http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 - will have heard
the news and thought 'oh no, please tell me that's not true'," said Vaughan.
Since making his way to the global arena in 2004, Pietersen has been England’s best batsman in One Day Internationals and T20Is. There is no doubt about the fact that the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 born cricketer will be extremely hard to replace, but Vaughan is of the
opinion that there is some talent coming through County cricket, which can take English cricket forward in the future.
He added, "We've got some exciting young players around - (Craig) Kieswetter, (Jonny) Bairstow, (James) Taylor, (Jos) Buttler - these are all guys who are in and around the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 and one-day team.”
England is currently playing a three-match Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the shorter formats of the game later this month.
The upcoming fixtures provide the English selectors an opportunity to find a replacement for the legendary cricketer.
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