It’s been a busy week in English cricket with the England and Wales Cricket Board apologising for comments made by managing director Paul Downton concerning Kevin Pietersen’s sacking from the international side.
The Daily Mail’s Paul Newman was particularly aggrieved with the drip-feed nature of information coming out of both the England and Pietersen camps and the ECB’s handling of the situation to date.
“It is another blow to the ECB, who have been outmanoeuvred by Pietersen in the PR stakes despite having justifiable reasons for the sacking,” Newman wrote.
“It will also be frustrating for senior players and coaches who want the full story made public as soon as possible.
“And the fact that Pietersen has regularly appeared to breach the confidentiality agreement himself through comments made via his voluble mouthpiece Piers Morgan does not seem to have been taken into account.
“What is clear is that both sides should have been allowed to have their say at the time, rather than leaving frustrated supporters in the dark.”…
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