{"id":14387,"date":"2012-09-08T03:56:49","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T01:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/cricket-pietersen-not-among-10-england-central-contracts\/"},"modified":"2012-09-08T03:56:49","modified_gmt":"2012-09-08T01:56:49","slug":"cricket-pietersen-not-among-10-england-central-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-pietersen-not-among-10-england-central-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-Pietersen not among 10 England central contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">LONDON, Sept 7<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; England batsman Kevin Pietersen<br \/>\nwas not among 10 players awarded central contracts for the 2013<br \/>\nseason named by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Friday.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pietersen was dropped from the team for the last test<br \/>\nagainst South Africa this month after allegedly sending<br \/>\ncontroversial text messages to opposing players and falling out<br \/>\nwith team mates.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old right-hander retired from one-day<br \/>\ninternational cricket this year before reversing his decision<br \/>\nand is involved in ongoing discussions with the ECB over his<br \/>\nfuture with the team whose next test is in India in November.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pietersen, born in South Africa, has scored more than 7,000<br \/>\nruns in 88 tests, averaging just under 50.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>New test captain Alastair Cook, batsmen Ian Bell, Jonathan<br \/>\nTrott and Eoin Morgan and bowlers James Anderson, Stuart Broad,<br \/>\nTim Bresnan, Steve Finn and Graeme Swann along with wicket<br \/>\nkeeper Matt Prior were the players to get central contracts.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fast bowler Graham Onions was among four players awarded<br \/>\nincremental contracts.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Congratulations to Graham Onions who is the one addition to<br \/>\nthe list of players who have been awarded increment contracts<br \/>\nand is in recognition of the effort he has put in since his<br \/>\nreturn from injury in 2011 and an indication that we feel he has<br \/>\nplenty to offer England in the coming months,&#8221; national selector<br \/>\nGeoff Miller said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p> (Writing by Ed Osmond; Editing by Ken Ferris)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) &#8211; England batsman Kevin Pietersen was not among 10 players awarded central contracts for the 2013 season named by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Friday. 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