If the twitter account was done by a mate of Stuart Broad – it suggests that KP and Broad don’t get on and it is not a surprise that KP gets bored with Strauss’ captaincy in the field, which is the sit back and wait style rather than the proactive Michael Clarke style – which I am sure KP would prefer. To be honest I have been shouting at the TV on occasions with Strauss’ captaincy so I can’t blame him.
The text message thing is weird – I don’t really get what the issue is with texting a mate on the opposition – it is a little unprofessional to text “Banter” taking the "michael" out of your captain – but hardly a sacking offence, but KP is at fault for this, he has clearly been badmouthing the Eng setup to them and the Saffas have then leaked that, who can blame them.
I wonder if KP has lost all respect for Strauss and Flower (as well as some of the other players) – and when that happens, you get friction as he won’t be interested in their views or will be derogatory about their performances.
When a team is performing then there are fewer of these issues, but when the (other) batsmen are not scoring runs and the bowlers are not taking wickets, the issues snowball. All the batsmen were terrible in the winter, most have been comparatively poor this summer, the bowlers have been brilliant over the winter, but subsequently poor – I suspect believing their own self importance. This team are used to winning and used to steam rolling their opposition at home, the Saffa’s are the only team to have come here and been demonstratively better in all aspects of the game than the Aussies before 2005 – so it isn’t a surprise there are some team unity issues.
Worth noting that KP is happy to speak through Matt Prior - the only batsman who has been consitent during the last few months...
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