{"id":13415,"date":"2012-08-12T02:23:50","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T00:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/cricket-pietersen-commits-to-england\/"},"modified":"2012-08-12T02:23:50","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T00:23:50","slug":"cricket-pietersen-commits-to-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-pietersen-commits-to-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Pietersen commits to England"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

LONDON<\/span> Aug 11 (Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen wants to commit
\nto England in all three forms of cricket, ending speculation he
\nwould quit tests after the final match with South Africa
\nstarting on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The 32-year-old had retired from one-day cricket in May but
\nsaid in a video released on Youtube on Saturday that he would
\nlike to be considered again for 50-over and Twenty20
\ninternational cricket.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“Yes I’m wanting to play all three forms of cricket for
\nEngland again,” he said. “The one-day-internationals against
\nSouth Africa in a couple of weeks and the T20 World Cup
\nhopefully if they select me in the final squad.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

It remains to be seen if the England and Wales Cricket Board
\n(ECB) will pick him for the upcoming one-dayers, especially
\nSeptember’s Twenty 20 World Cup in Sri Lanka after he was left
\nout of the provisional squad.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Pietersen, England’s most explosive batsman, had raised the
\npossibility of quitting England altogether with comments after
\nlast week’s second drawn test with South Africa where he shone
\nwith the bat.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday, he referred to his comments as “mistakes” and
\nalso confirmed he would not play in the whole Indian Premier
\nLeague season with Delhi Daredevils next year and would make
\nhimself available for England, a sticking point with the ECB.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“I’ve had a change of heart because… I love playing for
\nEngland,” he said.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

“It would be really sad to end my career like this.”<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

Speculation about dressing room tensions linked to a Twitter
\nparody account of him, as well as fearing he was playing too
\nmuch cricket and his desire to cash in from the IPL, were blamed
\nfor his thoughts of retirement.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

However, Pietersen said in the video that the mood in the
\ndressing room was now “sorted out” after a long chat with a team
\nmate who had made him feel “a very happy bloke”.<\/p>\n

(Writing by Mark Meadows)<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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