KP finally opens up
In an interview to the Daily Mail , Kevin Pietersen comes out in the open about the trauma of the events of January which led to him quitting the captaincy, why he does not want to be England captain again, his verdict on Andrew Strauss and the
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
In an interview to the Daily Mail, Kevin Pietersen comes out in the open about the trauma of the events of January which led to him quitting the captaincy, why he does not want to be England captain again, his verdict on Andrew Strauss and the performance of Andy Flower, a man he wanted sacked along with Peter Moores, as stand-in coach, the Allen Stanford fiasco and more.
England's best player was never going to rock the boat despite the fears of those who do not know him. He has retained his dignity and moved on but the pain remains barely concealed beneath the surface. Now, in his first in-depth interview since losing the England captaincy so controversially, he is telling his tale.
We meet in one of the finest restaurants in Barbados at the request of Pietersen. The setting is the millionaires' playground of the west coast of this most affluent and attractive of West Indian islands. He is at home here, enjoying the success he has achieved since serving a long qualification period to play for England.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo