English cricket - what a shambles. To see the England captain and coach resign on the eve of the team’s departure for a tour of the West Indies is appalling. There were many people who were sceptical about the appointment of Kevin Pietersen as England’s cricket captain. He is a strong-willed, somewhat maverick, individual who was not the most obvious candidate for working with the ECB bureaucracy or planning a way forward for the side. Read the rest of this entry »
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