{"id":13433,"date":"2012-08-13T02:29:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T00:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/update-2-cricket-pietersen-gutted-to-be-dropped-by-england\/"},"modified":"2012-08-13T02:29:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T00:29:48","slug":"update-2-cricket-pietersen-gutted-to-be-dropped-by-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-2-cricket-pietersen-gutted-to-be-dropped-by-england\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 2-Cricket-Pietersen &#8216;gutted&#8217; to be dropped by England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Adds Pietersen statement)<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Conciliatory interview fails to sway ECB<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Pietersen &#8220;gutted&#8221; to be dropped<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Bairstow replaces Pietersen for final test<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Aug 12 (Reuters) &#8211; Controversial batsman Kevin Pietersen<br \/>\nsaid he was &#8220;gutted&#8221; after being dropped on Sunday from the<br \/>\nEngland squad for the third and final test against South Africa<br \/>\namid speculation of dressing room tensions with his team mates.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pietersen was left out because he failed to confirm he did<br \/>\nnot send derogatory text messages about team mates to the<br \/>\nopposition, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The future of Pietersen, who hit a stunning century in the<br \/>\ndrawn second test at Headingley, had been under a cloud since he<br \/>\nraised the possibility of quitting England with comments at the<br \/>\nconclusion of the match on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To say I am gutted is an understatement,&#8221; Pietersen said in<br \/>\na statement to Sky Sports on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This entire episode has been demoralising for me and my<br \/>\nfamily. But, this is not the end of my international career.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Adds Pietersen statement) * Conciliatory interview fails to sway ECB * Pietersen &#8220;gutted&#8221; to be dropped * Bairstow replaces Pietersen for final test Aug 12 (Reuters) &#8211; Controversial batsman Kevin Pietersen said he was &#8220;gutted&#8221; after being dropped on Sunday from the England squad for the third and final test against South Africa amid speculation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-13433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}