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[Tom]

you are both right if money is the sole motivation in life.

if you look at chris gayle,out of the west indies side because of disputes with the WI board-he is the most in demand 2020 player and has now patched up his differences with them and is playing test cricket again.

why did chris gayle not just take the money and forget wearing the west indies shirt???

There's a balance between representing your country and earning money. And through their disputes, WICB and CG have reached that. They allow their players to go off and play the T20 game, Gayle and many of the WI players played IPL and he was also due to play SLPL.

[PedalsMcgrew]

One thing about this doesn't quite ring true though......IF KP is really only interested in money then why has he made himself available for ALL England cricket? Unless of course he's saying one thing and meaning another.....But KP doesn't do that? Does he?  Maybe the ECB think that if they let him back now it will be the start of more problems....?

[Tom]

Forget what is paid just from the board its the endorsements and advertising that make the big bucks.
Amidst that is the pride you get from representing your country.

Endorsements for UK based players really aren't that much. There isn't the interest.

However if you go to the one of the World's fastest growing economies, where cricket is a religion and where players are worshipped - then yes then you're in the big bucks...

[procricket]

i think there are double standards. . as Michael Holding says. . .no one disciplined Swann for slagging off KP in his book.

The man is a genius . . .look at his record and he puts bums on seats.

England will be a weaker team without him, imo Strauss is past his sell by date. Offload him.

The more money that is put into cricket the more this will happen. it happened in the packer era too. where players chose packer over country. The IPL and its counterpart T20 leagues are here to stay.

Great point about swann and his book and broad and his mate

[pablomarmite]

Now kp has attacked an ayrtek wearer surely Cbf will finally turn against him!


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/9501026/Kevin-Pietersen-in-trouble-again-as-talks-with-England-captain-Andrew-Strauss-held-up.html#

[Tom]

What is said in the heat of the battle in the changing room should stay there, players should be able to criticise, pass judgement and help each other improve without fear of it being leaked to the press.

[Nickauger]

Surely it all depends what is said though. If it was a constructive comment or a criticism that was warranted then fair enough. The fact however, that JT was on debut, just played a decent little innings and put on 140 odd with KP, would suggest that it was fairly unwarranted!

[Tom]

Is this KP here, being seen trying to strangle James Taylor?

http://blogs.espncricinfo.com/shotselection/archives/2012/08/_philip_brown.php

[Buzz]

who is leaking this stuff? they should be fired first.

[ppccopener]

i think england can do without KP,great player thou he is but I would doubt there is a real problem with the skipper and kp,straussy does not seem to type to hold grudges.
the truth will out soon thou but some of our newspapers have an agenda to bury KP,this may be because as a high earner and gifted player he can do what they could'nt.newspaper like the mail and telegraph do seem to have a very one sided bias.
for all KP has done wrong there seems a witch hunt against him.
for my money England will try to find a way back for KP and offer an olive branch to a gifted but disruptive player

[Manormanic]

who is leaking this stuff? they should be fired first.

this is the big issue for me - KP may have behaved like a complete pr*** but it does smack of everyone ganging up on him when there are so many leaks and so much that reeksof double standards.

[Bez013]

Andy Flower was right there are issues of trust and mutual respect but that appears to go both ways.

KP has clearly been a bit of a prat and needed a dressing down, however it also appears that there is an agenda within part of the England camp and certain sections of the media to continue the mud slinging, otherwise why are we only hearing about the James Taylor comments now?  The James Taylor story was first run by The People, now I don't read The People so I can't say if it is a big cricket paper in the print version but it would seem an odd source for a "big" cricket story as their website shows only sporadic articles about cricket.

An example of funny goings on in the media - on twitter this morning John Etheridge of the Sun sent a tweet with the alleged comment that KP made to James Taylor "You're the worst player I've seen for England", only to be quickly shot down by Steve James as apparently the alleged comment wasn't made directly by KP to James Taylor, John Etheridge has since deleted the Tweet.

[ppccopener]

This is the danger with todays multimedia reporting, you never really know if whats alledged is true.just logged on to jon agnews twitter and he says no press have access to the dressing room.the stories come from the players.i guess some players leak info themselves.either kp is hated in that dressing room or there is an unhealthy clique developing.or maybe a bit of both.

[petehosk]

Is this KP here, being seen trying to strangle James Taylor?

http://blogs.espncricinfo.com/shotselection/archives/2012/08/_philip_brown.php

No Tom - it was KP looking for other avenues of employment as he may have periods of unemployment between the IPLs! So he looks to be trying his hand as a ventriloquist! 

[tushar sehgal]

I think some english players are trying their best to keep KP out by leaking stuff or spreading rumours...if it happened in the dressing room then it should stay there...