Pietersen reveals possible England U turn

[maverick451]

Kevin Pietersen has opened the door for an England comeback in limited-overs international cricket, admitting he would "love to play for another three or four years in all forms of cricket". But Pietersen also complained that he had "never been looked after" by the England management and insisted that his schedule would have to be eased before he consented to a return. Pietersen, speaking moments after finishing the third day of Surrey's Championship match at Guildford unbeaten on 234, admitted that negotiations with the ECB were ongoing and reiterated his desire to be included in England's World Twenty20 squad. The selectors meet this weekend to pick a 30-man preliminary squad for the tournament and must submit it to the ICC on July 18. Pietersen retired from limited-overs international cricket at the end of May. While he wanted to continue to play T20 cricket, the terms of England central contracts state that for a player to be considered for either format of limited-overs cricket, they must be available for both. "I've always said I want to play in the T20," Pietersen said. "But I needed to get away from the schedule. I cannot keep playing every single day's cricket. I've never been looked after. I cannot keep playing every warm-up game, I cannot keep practising every single day. There comes a time when I know what I need to do to be successful. I've got a young family and I cannot be on the treadmill all day every day. "I've said before that, if the schedule was right, if they could sort my schedule out, I would love to play for another three or four years in all forms of cricket. But the schedule at the moment is a nightmare." Asked whether negotiations into his return were on-going, Pietersen replied "I think so". It is understood that Pietersen's representative met ECB officials to discuss a return on Thursday night. Pietersen is also thought to have met Hugh Morris, the managing director of England cricket, earlier in the week. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/...ry/572361.html

[maverick451]

Just to add whats slightly ironic is since he's retired 1) England have played much better 2) He has played more days cricket for surrey than what he would have done for England.

[Guest]

good job from ECB/Andy flower ... they didnt allowed a individual to pick and chose what format / matches he plays [however good a player is].. :hatsoff: looks like KP learnt a couple of lessons :winky:

[Needforspeed]

Wish BCCI had displayed similar courage in dealing with people who think they can pick and choose as they wish.

[Cricket Tragic]

KP :giggle:

[zaqw222222]

Win win situation for KP. He didnt wanted to play meaningless ODI's against WI and Australia, so he retired, had holidays and now he wants to come out of retirement to play in T20 WC which he wanted to play in. He might end up getting his way after all. Well done KP

[Crookbond]

Rich man's Shahid Afridi.

[Guest]

Win win situation for KP. He didnt wanted to play meaningless ODI's against WI and Australia' date=' so he retired, had holidays and now[b'] he wants to come out of retirement to play in T20 WC which he wanted to play in.He might end up getting his way after all. Well done KP

lol he wanted to play T20 all the time..he thought he is retiring from ODI only..but ECB/Flower made sure that he will get one free along with ome he already bought :hysterical:

[goggi]

Rich man's Shahid Afridi.

:giggle: Probably the recent payment debacles at RCB and Deccan got him thinking the future is not always gold.

[daryl1985]

KP has so much talent but he is an arrogant attention seeker and is pretty hard to like.

[Guest]

KP has so much talent but he is an arrogant attention seeker and is pretty hard to like.

more than that he thinks he is bigger than team..he may thought ECB/Selectors beg him to reconsider retirement but they pushed him out of T20 also :cantstop:

[Old guy]

dont get it ... if guy wants to just play t 20 and not odis whats the problem ? specially if he is good enough to be selected if not then just ignore him

[Guest]

dont get it ... if guy wants to just play t 20 and not odis whats the problem ? specially if he is good enough to be selected if not then just ignore him

u dont select whatever u want and leave other formats.. tom-marrow other players also will start asking we will play this match or that series... dont u see whats happening with Indian team :dontknow:

[Old guy]

u dont select whatever u want and leave other formats.. tom-marrow other players also will start asking we will play this match or that series... dont u see whats happening with Indian team :dontknow:

picking matches and formats totally diff things! u can always retire form one format.. there is no rule against this

[Feed]

Flower unmoved on Pietersen stance A return to one-day internationals for Kevin Pietersen appears unlikely which means his ambitions to play in the World Twenty20 will continue to be scuppered with Andy Flower, the England team director, sticking to his original stance on the issue. More... Flower unmoved on Pietersen stance Andrew McGlashan July 15, 2012 Andy Flower is determined that Kevin Pietersen's situation does not become a distraction A return to one-day internationals for Kevin Pietersen appears unlikely which means his ambitions to play in the World Twenty20 will continue to be scuppered with Andy Flower, the England team director, sticking to his original stance on the issue. Over the week Pietersen has said he wants to play "three or four" more years in all international formats providing a schedule he is happy with can be negotiated with the ECB. Initial meetings have taken place with the board, but they do not want to be in the situation where a senior player is seen to be picking and choosing when he plays on his own accord. Pietersen continues to believe the demands placed on him if he plays all three formats are far too great. However, claims that "I've never been looked after" appear a little wide of the mark given the security that comes with central contracts and the support he has had when injured. Pietersen's retirement from ODIs meant he became illegible for Twenty20 international selection as the ECB central contracts stipulate players have to be available for both formats. England need to submit a 30-man World Twenty20 squad to the ICC by Wednesday so time is running out for the situation to be resolved in Pietersen's favour. Flower, a man of principle who counts loyalty as a major factor, does not see a way back for Pietersen. "As things stand at the moment, no, there isn't,"he told the Mail on Sunday. "The situation is the same as it was when he first approached us. The ECB are determined to protect all three formats of the game and part of that is not setting a precedent of allowing players to retire from one-day cricket alone. "The intent behind it is that we are serving English cricket in its entirety," Flower added. "We have to take personalities out of the equation. We all are lucky enough to have the choice about what we do. There are many people in this world that aren't lucky enough to have a choice. Here we're talking about a sporting situation and we all have our choices. I don't have to sign a contract with the ECB if I don't want to." In the week leading towards the start of a major Test series against South Africa, which will determine the No. 1 ranking, Pietersen's stance has created a talking point that Flower wishes was not around. "Situations like these make it a little more complicated," he said. "It doesn't mean that they can't work but it does make it a little more complicated. And I tell you one thing, none of us can afford for these types of issues to be distractions." Geoff Miller, the national selector who is in charge of putting together the preliminary World Twenty20 squad, said if Pietersen was fully committed to 50- and 20-over cricket he would be welcomed back in the team but his name had not been involved in recent selection discussions. "My job is to pick players who are available," he said.

[Needforspeed]

Pieterson is unlucky. Had he been playing for India, he could have chosen to play or not to play based on any of his personal whims and walked in and out of the team as he pleased.

[Guest]

Good Flower

[Lord]

Pieterson is unlucky. Had he been playing for India' date=' he could have chosen to play or not to play based on any of his personal whims and walked in and out of the team as he pleased.[/quote'] yeah just like Bhajji

[BERGKAMP]

the flower won't wilt. il get my coat.

[maverick451]

Theres no way England management will allow KP to dictate terms or complain about the schedule when during a planned break he goes and plays IPL. If he came to me and complained Id say ok Kev, you give up IPL and then in turn we'll rest you from a few ODI's I foresea him having a right tantrum and quiting England all together before too long.