pietersen resigns as england captain

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pietersen resigns as england captain
Topic Started: Jan 7 2009, 09:40 AM (347 Views)
tim	Jan 7 2009, 09:40 AM Post #1
BART GET OUT IM PISS Posts: 48,386 Group: Full Member Member #312 Joined: 27 June 2006	http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/385633.html England in crisis Pietersen resigns as England captain Cricinfo staff January 7, 2009 Kevin Pietersen: has he walked © Getty Images According to reports on Sky News, Kevin Pietersen has resigned as England captain, following the ECB's emergency board meeting that took place on Tuesday evening to discuss his rift with Peter Moores. The 12-man board met by teleconference on Tuesday night, raising the possibility that Pietersen, who had not been due back from his holiday in Africa until Thursday, would pay the price for his outspoken views on the future direction of the England team. Now, however, it appears that Pietersen has taken his future into his own hands, and handed back the role he took on from Michael Vaughan barely five months ago. Andrew Strauss, who captained England in 2006 when Vaughan was out of the team with injury, is the hot favourite to lead them on the tour of West Indies, which begins in exactly a fortnight's time. Research conducted by the ECB in the last few days suggests that Pietersen does not have the steadfast support of his team-mates or the back-room staff. The majority of the England support staff are understood to be supportive of Moores while most of the players are underwhelmed by Pietersen's dramatic intervention, as Steve Harmison demonstrated with his ambivalent comments on Tuesday. There is also some sympathy towards Moores who, it is understood, was given the authority to select the England captain when Paul Collingwood and Michael Vaughan resigned, and there are those within the set-up who feel that Pietersen has betrayed the coach's trust. Attitudes towards Pietersen appeared to have hardened at board level. While few are completely convinced by Moores, they did not like the manner in which the captain has attempted to dictate events. As one board member told Cricinfo: "People who want to keep their jobs don't issue ultimatums." Whether Moores' position is salvageable remains highly debatable, however. There has been little evidence of progress under his tenure and his credibility may now be damaged beyond repair. A double departure - Pietersen and Moores - is a growing possibility. Meanwhile, the identity of Moores' immediate successor as coach has been shrouded in further confusion, after Warwickshire warned they may not necessarily keep Ashley Giles's job as the county's director of cricket open, should he be asked to fulfil a role as "stop-gap" coach in the Caribbean. Though Warwickshire will not stand in GIles's way if he is offered the job, his involvement in the West Indies would rule him out of any involvement in Warwickshire's pre-season plans and the club want to minimise disruption in the dressing-room. Furthermore, it is feared that Giles could recruit Allan Donald - currently Warwickshire's first-team coach - to help him in the Caribbean. © Cricinfo wow. this is very surprising. and i must say, great news for australia ahead of the ashes. i'm a bit confused to read that he doesn't have the backing of the players because he seemed to be getting the best out of them in recent times. certainly moreso than any of the post-vaughan list of captains have done. i would much, much rather face an england side led by strauss than an england side lead by pietersen. Edited by tim, Jan 7 2009, 09:40 AM.



Phat	Jan 7 2009, 09:45 AM Post #2
Reporters I like: Joel Duffman, the Newsly Times Posts: 23,142 Group: Full Member Member #1,039 Joined: 5 June 2007	Why the fck do England place so much importance on staff AROUND the team and not the most important member OF the team. They pulled themselves into scrotal-emptiness over Duncan Fletcher and let him run the show however the fck he wanted - give the skipper the job and f*cking support him instead - after all, he's the one who has to take responsibility on the field. Pietersen is a posive and mostly imaginative cricketer surrounded by negative or boring team-mates. England need him.



Waratah.	Jan 7 2009, 09:46 AM Post #3
Full House Posts: 17,974 Group: Full Member Member #111 Joined: 18 January 2006	frack that era of pietersons poms lastet longer than the roman and ghengis khan dynasty's combined !!!!!!



tim	Jan 7 2009, 09:54 AM Post #4
BART GET OUT IM PISS Posts: 48,386 Group: Full Member Member #312 Joined: 27 June 2006	Phat Jan 7 2009, 09:45 AM Why the fck do England place so much importance on staff AROUND the team and not the most important member OF the team. They pulled themselves into scrotal-emptiness over Duncan Fletcher and let him run the show however the fck he wanted - give the skipper the job and f*cking support him instead - after all, he's the one who has to take responsibility on the field. Pietersen is a posive and mostly imaginative cricketer surrounded by negative or boring team-mates. England need him. i agree. there is an enormous emphasis on the coach in english cricket and it's quite strange...i'm glad that in australian cricket we seem to stick to the idea that a coaches role should very much be a background one. australian coaches are almost simply analysts these days...but in england they seem to want to have an enormous impact on the tactics of the team, and the selection of the team itself. i thought that pietersen taking over as captain was the best thing that had happened to english cricket since the 2005 ashes -- honestly. he livened them up on the field, wasn't afraid to try new things and had some very good results there. let him have whatever team he wants, i think he has a bit of a better idea of what he can do and who he can do it with than moores has.



tim	Jan 7 2009, 09:57 AM Post #5
BART GET OUT IM PISS Posts: 48,386 Group: Full Member Member #312 Joined: 27 June 2006	moores also reportedly going to lose his job. f*ck this is great to see with the ashes coming up in a few months. one of the reasons england did so well going into the 2005 ashes was stability -- they'd had pretty much the same team, pretty much the same core of players for a while going into that series...now they're chopping and changing and firing...something they did before and during the 2006-07 ashes...i think they've lost their mind tbh.



Gordon Shumway	Jan 7 2009, 10:13 AM Post #6
Oooooohhhhhhh Posts: 21,745 Group: Full Member Member #220 Joined: 24 April 2006	tim Jan 7 2009, 09:57 AM i think they've lost their mind tbh. Tresco all over again :laughing: This is great coming up to going there



Ace	Jan 7 2009, 10:21 AM Post #7
Let's play! Posts: 8,781 Group: Full Member Member #731 Joined: 10 October 2006	They should've backed the captain. He's far more important than the coach.



K1W1	Jan 7 2009, 10:25 AM Post #8
Bring me the head of Graham Henry Posts: 3,551 Group: Full Member Member #230 Joined: 11 May 2006	Im surprised to find Aussie fans feeling like they need the Poms to be in disarray to garnish some type of ascendancy for the Ashes. The fact still remains, the Aussies are the best side in the world and the Poms suck. Aussie to win the Ashes 4-0 (im sure the Poms will manage a draw) Edited by K1W1, Jan 7 2009, 10:25 AM.



alien	Jan 7 2009, 10:34 AM Post #9
ftw Posts: 16,445 Group: Full Member Member #740 Joined: 14 October 2006	:bowrofl: :bowrofl: @ the english cricket team....what a joke england cricket = fail



Monkey 3	Jan 7 2009, 11:22 AM Post #10
bananas ftw Posts: 7,984 Group: Full Member Member #321 Joined: 27 June 2006	moores is gone as well according to cricinfo if giles becomes coach.........lol



leaguegod	Jan 7 2009, 05:16 PM Post #11
Back2Back Posts: 39,461 Group: Global Moderator Member #235 Joined: 16 May 2006	Phat Jan 7 2009, 09:45 AM Why the fck do England place so much importance on staff AROUND the team and not the most important member OF the team. They pulled themselves into scrotal-emptiness over Duncan Fletcher and let him run the show however the fck he wanted - give the skipper the job and f*cking support him instead - after all, he's the one who has to take responsibility on the field. Pietersen is a posive and mostly imaginative cricketer surrounded by negative or boring team-mates. England need him. they do, but they can't just bow down and do everything he says i agree with nasser, KP can't just go on holidays, make demands and expect everything to be perfect on return



leaguegod	Jan 7 2009, 05:28 PM Post #12
Back2Back Posts: 39,461 Group: Global Moderator Member #235 Joined: 16 May 2006	KP just released a statement he said that he never quit but because of all the media speculation, he will now quit :cstars: but he is keen to continue playing



Meljas	Jan 7 2009, 07:47 PM Post #13
Ernie Dingo Hit My Baby Posts: 23,294 Group: Global Moderator Member #1,098 Joined: 21 July 2007	Giles is the butler isnt he?



LionKing	Jan 8 2009, 02:41 AM Post #14
Full House Posts: 10,482 Group: Full Member Member #366 Joined: 28 June 2006	Andrew Strauss appointed today but you can bet your last dollar it will be Vaughn by the time the Ashes roll around.



Phat	Jan 8 2009, 03:11 AM Post #15
Reporters I like: Joel Duffman, the Newsly Times Posts: 23,142 Group: Full Member Member #1,039 Joined: 5 June 2007	i couldn't see Strauss masterminding a defeat of Australia.



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