Strauss / Pietersen

[flipnflap]

Is Andrew Strauss being "retired" to enable Kevin Pietersen to return to the England fold? Yes, this is News!

[sunny-dave]

I sincerely hope not - Strauss may have decided to go (after being an excellent captain), but welcoming a self-centered, egotistical tw?t back into the team would be a big mistake.

[kayakamina]

We will know at 12 O'clock but, like sunny-dave, I hope that Strauss is not being used to get Pieterson back in the team.
His form has been on the wane and it could be he has just had a bellyful of everything and wants a quiet life.
If he goes he will be the 3rd Captain Graeme Smith has 'seen off' - Atherton, Hussain & now Strauss

[kayakamina]

I meant Vaughan not Atherton.

[pdq1]

When your best batsman (Pietersen) is left out for comments he has made is so childish. He has probably said the same things to his team mates so they knew where they stood.