[Gowza]

i think it's ridiculous that a player can't just play t20Is and tests if he chooses to. the ECB tbh should be embarrassed, they could have avoided all this by allowing him to stop playing 50 over cricket and play the other formats, what's so wrong with that? they obviously wanted him in the ODI team and tried to use T20Is as leverage to get him back there but when he decided to retire anyway they got mad thus not putting him in the t20 WC prelim squad which then would have made pietersen feel even more wrongly done by since he basically ended up caving to them anyway and then they snubbed him.

i don't know who put it to the media, kevin says it wasn't him so if it wasn't then he really has been treated poorly, if it was him then this is what happens but no doubt the ECB have handled it wrong.

it would be bad for cricket to lose KP, he's a great player, wonder if he would ever go back to south africa? he'd be in contention for a spot in that team but it would be no certainty, could bring a new chapter to KP's already terrific test career and turn him into an even better batsman having to fight for a spot.

KP might be trying to get headlines but he's definitely not been treated fairly imo, at least not in regards to playing just t20s and tests, however wanting to pick and choose the tests he plays is too much, you're either available for that format or you aren't, can't pick your own schedule that's just not how it works and not reasonable.