From various media reports it is clear that the ECB has succumbed to the pressure from Pietersen.
They have scheduled the West Indies tour, in which England play four Tests, a Twenty20 international and five one-dayers in the 10 weeks prior to 4 April, in a manner to allow Pietersen to play in the lucrative IPL tournament next year.
As no English cricketer other than Pietersen has a firm contract with the IPL, it appears that the ECB is more afraid of losing Pietersen than standing up and fighting to uphold the sanctity of cricket.
One wonders whether a player should wield enormous influence that mere threats from him forces an upholder of cricketing morals like ECB to backtrack.
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2 comments:
ECB shd not give too much importance to this guy. . The IPL can refuse to take any player not cleared by the respective boards.ECB and IPL can work in tandem to teach him a nice lesson.The franchises shd not pay too much to get him.
They must have yawned seeing their domestic matches and decided to let Kp go.
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