By Simon Wilde
Anywhere he has long past, there appear to have been fallings out. Pietersen left South Africa to take his probability in England, he moved counties two times, and shortly after changing into England captain was once stuck up in a dispute that ended in either him and the britain trainer wasting their jobs. in the summertime of 2012, there has been a row over texts despatched to the competition, and he was once passed over of the facet, in simple terms to be 're-integrated' into the group a number of months later.
Finally, whilst England's Ashes crusade fell aside, KP was once the fellow to take the blame while he used to be axed from the squad.
but Pietersen is additionally England's all-time best runscorer in foreign cricket, a guy feared through competition bowlers. he's a devoted expert who trains challenging, doesn't get stuck up in off-the-field scrapes and works along with his team-mates to aid them enhance their batting. Who wouldn't wish him of their side?
during this revealing perception into the fellow, award-winning author Simon Wilde will get to the center of the obstacle approximately Pietersen, a cricketer who divides opinion like no different. He seeks to appreciate what motivates him, why he will get stuck up in controversy and is helping clarify why it really is that England cricket fanatics will not give you the option to monitor him do what he does top: ruin the competition.
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