Pietersen has to think before he talks
Kevin Pietersen is a charming, engaging, forthright character who knows what he wants and how to go about it
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
Kevin Pietersen is a charming, engaging, forthright character who knows what he wants and how to go about it. He speaks from the heart and does not worry about upsetting anyone with what he says. But he really must start thinking before he talks because he is box office and everything he says is picked up, warns Nasser Hussain in his column for the Daily Mail.
This is the man who said that he could work with Peter Moores when he became captain but quickly said he had to go. This is the man who wanted Andy Flower sacked, too, but who now wants to work with him. This is the man who was an ambassador for Allen Stanford and then called him a sleazebag. It is naivety, really. Remarkably, Kevin is not as streetwise at times as he could be. But I would always have him in my side. Obviously because he is a fabulous batsman but also because of what he can offer off the field.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo