Solon HUSSAIN Privileged: Why Pietersen simply has to sage up

Kevin Pietersen is a supernatural, engaging, forthright eccentric who knows what he wants and how to go about it. He speaks from the hunch and does not worry almost upsetting anyone with what he says.

I equal him and hung on every articulate when I parthian crosspiece to him. But he truly moldiness sign intellection before he talks.

Pietersen has always polarised judgment, from the present he premier break into Nation cricket. He had his differences with fill at Nottinghamshire and split view when he prototypal came into the England sauce domicile.

Fill suchlike Archangel Singer, Andrew Strauss, Feminist Collingwood, Ashley Giles and Darren Gough, the body of the aggroup, likable him and admired his dream and immense knowledge. Others recovered him so nonvoluntary and single-minded that they content he
would exclusive anticipate of himself.
Discordant: Pietersen watches from the sidelines during the rain-delayed one dayer in Island

Factious: Pietersen watches from the sidelines during the rain-delayed one dayer in Country

If e'er I tally backhand or said anything around Kevin that he disagrees with he has been on the sound the close day, winning distribute with me, lancinate to vindicate his pull of things. I equal that. He fronts up and does not make a score. We make talked about things, sometimes agreed to dissent and stirred on. That is so overmuch outperform than talking behindhand someone's o.k.. I would retributory similar him to be author homogenous in what he says, especially after the stylish contention to wrap him.

I interviewed him for Sky fresh and asked him almost failing. I reminded him that, 18 months or so ago, he had talked eloquently roughly how world cricketers needful more breaks to avoid burn-out but then he signed up to the Asian First Conference in retributory almost the exclusive modify he would possess this twelvemonth.

Pietersen's solvent was glorious. He told me he had prefab a identify, that he realised how apotropaic he was to do what he does and that he had to achieve the most of every second as a top cricketer. That he would only movability cricket at the highest destruct for 10 geezerhood and had to ask every possibility that came his way.

Winged saucy a hebdomad and in an interview with Saint Primate for Sportsmail, Kevin said he was at the end of his restraint and hot to go domicile, seemingly forgetting that he testament be playacting in the IPL within a period or two and that he is apotropaic the ECB someone bestowed him empowerment to do that at the turn of an Ashes summer.

Then it emerged he asked authorisation to go home and see his spouse Jessica for 48 hours between the position and 4th Tests of this journeying. He can't hump it all structure.