No England return for KP

20 Apr, 2014 - 00:04 0 Views

The Sunday News

England managing director Paul Downton says there is no chance Kevin Pietersen will be recalled to the England set-up under new coach Peter Moores.
Pietersen, who was discarded after the 5-0 Ashes defeat in Australia, said last week he was hopeful of a recall.

Downton said there was no smoking gun that led to Pietersen’s dismissal, adding: The sooner we understand that Kevin has had his time, the better.

Pietersen had got disconnected from the team. I don’t see any going back.
Former England wicketkeeper Downton was speaking in public about the Pietersen decision for the first time at the news conference to confirm Lancashire’s Moores as England coach for the second time.

Moores’s first stint was ended abruptly in January 2009 because of an impasse with then-captain Pietersen, which led to both losing their jobs on the same day.

Shortly before yesterday’s news conference at Lord’s, Pietersen, who is currently competing in the Indian Premier League, tweeted:  Everyone deserves a second chance!

Whether Pietersen was referring to Moores, himself or both, is unclear, but Downton was firm in his insistence that England’s highest international run-scorer would not be wearing the Three Lions shirt again.

I arrived in Sydney (the venue for the fifth and final Ashes Test) on 31 December, and it was clear that there were two issues: Andy Flower’s future and what we were going to do about Kevin, said Downton.

I watched every ball of that Sydney Test match and I’ve never seen anybody so disengaged from what was going on.

After the Ashes we spoke to all the coaches, several senior players and the chairman of selectors James Whittaker, and came to the conclusion that if England were going to rebuild we had to make a decision, rebuild not for the next three months, but two years, three years, five years.  — BBC Sport

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