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03:47 January 8th, 2009

Should Pietersen have walked?

Posted by: Stephen Addison
Tags: UK News, , ,

England cricket is in deep disarray after the decision by captain Kevin Pietersen to resign as a result of his public spat with coach Peter Moores over the direction and training of the team.

Moores himself has been sacked and the race is on to restore morale ahead of a tour of the West Indies later this month and this Summer’s Ashes series.

Several pundits this morning are saying the England and Wales Cricket Board should have foreseen that the flamboyant and abrasive Pietersen would sooner or later fall foul of Moores, a former wicket keeper who had not played at test level.

Do you think Pietersen should have stayed as captain, or was the ECB right to stamp on such public dissent within the ranks?

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