England have rested batsman Kevin Pietersen and bowling pair Graeme Swann and James Anderson from their limited-overs squads for the series in Australia starting next month.
Alastair Cook has managed to hold on to England captaincy solely because of 'politics', says maverick batsman Kevin Pietersen and insists that the disaster which the skipper is enduring in the series against India is something that he would not wish even for his worst enemy.
Former England off-spinner Graeme Swann, who made a shock decision to quit all forms of cricket on Sunday, denied his criticism of arrogant international players was aimed at his team mates.
Kevin Pietersen is one of world cricket's heroes and his sacking by England represents a failure by the team's leadership rather than the player, according to former International Cricket Council president Ehsan Mani.
The club's cricket committee considers the nomination of players for life membership as recognition to the 'outstanding international careers for some of the greats of the game'.
When Pietersen was struggling against spinners and the batsman opted to reach out to Dravid for some advice.
'Jinx Rahane has just played one of the greatest shots I've ever seen.'
Kevin Piertersen has urged to scrap 'ridiculous quarantine rules' ahead of Ashes, while many England players mull boycotting the five-match series.
Lyon finished the last cycle of the World Test Championship in 2021-23 as its leading wicket-taker with 88 scalps, but Brook in undeterred.
'So England CAN beat India in India! How cool was that game? England selectors -- we're all available'.
Cricket Australia is negotiating with authorities and England's board over travel conditions and whether players' families can come.
Jos Buttler has been in sensational form for Rajasthan Royals, scoring centuries against Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals to smash his way to 491 runs from seven matches at a strike rate of 161.
There is no clarity on the number of players in the auction pool because the deadline for franchises to prune the original list has been deferred to February 4.
Kevin Pietersen said Kohli "is going to find it very hard to continue delivering now as his brain is completely fried".
'...That's why he puts so much importance on this format and at a time when Test cricket needs all the love it can get'
'They are consistently finding ways to win, whether from a good, middling or bad position in games. When you have that winning mentality, it becomes very difficult to break.'
If the teams they represent reach the business end of the T20 league, they either have to miss the finale or skip the national duty.
Ashley Giles has indicated that their centrally contracted cricketers might not be available for the IPL
Full text of Kevin Pieterse's Pataudi Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru
KL Rahul is the second highest run-getter so far this season, just behind Rajasthan Royals' Jos Buttler.
Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen says defending champions Mumbai Indians can ill-afford a typical slow start when the IPL resumes, and the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings have a "fantastic shot" at regaining the title after a poor 2020 season.
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen on Tuesday called for abolishing strict bio-bubbles for players and support staff in international cricket, saying that the set-up meant to contain COVID-19 is 'ruining the best job in the world'.
According to Vaughan, Pietersen believed playing in the IPL with other top international players would help in the development of the ODI team.
'It's one more distraction that Kohli doesn't need but he is, of course, capable of leading his side to a victory in the second Test to quieten things down a bit.'
After seven games in IPL 2022, Kohli has scored 119 runs at an average of 19.83.
'We were actually very similar in that way, and we actually got on -- me and KP, professionally -- better than most people because we very honest with but openly disliked each other, but wanted each other in the team.'
Sunil Gavaskar welcomes BCCI's decision to reschedule cancelled 5th Test.
England were 74/2 in the first innings in the day-night Test after winning the toss before crumbling to 112 all out.
The 40-year-old Pietersen said a win against India is similar to a victory against arch-rivals Australia and urged the selectors to play both Stuart Broad and James Anderson in the same XI.
'We had a long chat here on the boundary talking about it and he's worried: he can't get his family out of Afghanistan and there's a lot of things happening for him.'
Second-fastest Englishman to 8,000 Test runs.
IPL can be truly said to have come of age. It is now more Indian than ever before. Teams often fielded fewer than the four allowed foreign players. Indian batters and bowlers were simply better in performance, consistency and reliability, points out Shreekant Sambrani.
'Let's support our champions when they need it the most.'
'If England want to be the best in the world, they should move away from the fixation of just trying to beat Australia'
Former India head coach Ravi Shastri lavished rich praise on Keegan Petersen, saying the South African batter is great world player in the making.
Former India opener Virender Sehwag believes all is not well with the Rahul Dravid-coached Indian team and a few things needed to be addressed as soon as possible after England pulled off a record 378-run chase.
Kevin Pietersen predicts the in-form Delhi Capitals to win this year's Indian Premier League.
'I think there's going to be a very interesting story that's going to run through this series -- Kohli comes back as captain after Ajinkya Rahane was so good in Australia'
'...Again, just because he is not amongst the runs, there is this anxiety to play at every delivery because that is what batters feel, they have got to score.'
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