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11 Jan 2014 15:48 #172725 by chairman
England captain Alastair Cook has refused to endorse batsman Kevin Pietersen's place in the side, but says it's the media twisting the story to show that the Powers That Be want KP ousted.

Pietersen has been under fire since the Ashes in Australia, which England lost five nil, with coach Andy Flower reportedly insisting on the Surrey man being dropped if he is to continue in the head coach role.
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11 Jan 2014 15:51 #172726 by chairman
While Flower has denied this, Cook has not come forth to back his fellow batsman, and despite Pietersen being England's top run-getter in the Ashes, the tide has once again turned against the controversial player.
Cook said when asked if he wanted KP in the team: "It's very hard for me to talk to you the media about this. It's very hard.
"I can't do that. Confidentiality and stuff like that - what happens in the dressing room stays in the dressing room. I refuse to do that.
"You can regard it as you want. As is the way with the media that happens."
He then implored people to forget about the Test side for now, and focus on the ODI series, which begins in Melbourne on Sunday.
He said: "What is important for me is the one-day series at this precise moment in time.
"We know that when I get home from this one-day series a lot of important decisions on how we want to go forward with this Test team, the one-day team and my future - all that kind of stuff - is very important.
"My total focus has to be on us winning games of cricket in this series. We have a World Cup in 2015 in exactly the same conditions as we are going to experience here and that has to be given my full thought.
"After this series then you go back on to how do we rebuild the Test side."
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11 Jan 2014 17:10 #172732 by Mail
Media circus at its best.


Lol.



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11 Jan 2014 17:52 #172737 by Kwami
The  wailin  , Post mortem and the gnashing of teeth regarding the English team is a  useless exercise.
There is nothing fundamentally wrong with this English team  that a minor tweaking will  not fix .

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11 Jan 2014 18:28 #172740 by Calypso
The media on both sides of the pond are relentless ....... just won't let this go.

The only way to stem them is to win some games .... agree with Cookie not to get drawn in.

The Ashes have gone, concentrate on the ODI's

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11 Jan 2014 22:02 #172751 by mapoui
I forget Mail is an englishman.  I was about tuh ask why he likes concern for the english but he is english.  I am  not. 

I am not Oz either.  so it is surpassingly pleasing when either of these 2 are in a bother.  even bettah when deh are both tied up in the same issue, choking in it and on it :-[ :-[ :-[

pheeeeew!  real Sweet.  it was pure sugar to see gutless england players scatter in the wind  under Johnson steam.  Johnson does not even resemble lillee and Thommo and deh still run.  Swann run when a pitch dat would have resurrected him was next up

now if only west indies had a regime that could take advantage we would be sailing.... >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

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11 Jan 2014 22:12 #172752 by Kyle
Cookie doing the right thing, stay out of this mess. Media scavengers as usually looking for their bit of gossips etc. Twisting his words again, how bloody dishonest.
About KP - I really don't know what's gonna happen to him either.

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12 Jan 2014 17:03 #172821 by Barbosa
Kevin Pietersen should go now - he has caused nothing but trouble for the rest of the team for years now and they keep giving him a 'second chance'.  He is not a team player and although he may be the highest run scorer he doesn't score when the team need him to.  He is just a waste of space!!

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