Jonathan Agnew tweeted the link for this article yesterday. I don't know how reputable the People is as a paper (
http://www.people.co.uk/sport/other/cricket/2012/08/26/headingley-bust-up-sealed-kevin-pietersen-s-fate-102039-23921406/), but he apparently singled out Taylor for criticisim.
Kevin Pietersen stunned his England team-mates with a dressing-room tirade at the Headingley Test - even singling out debutant James Taylor for criticism.
The disgraced batsman has been frozen out of the England set-up since revelations that he sent text messages critical of skipper Andrew Strauss to members of the South African team.
But People Sport can reveal England's players were angered by Pietersen boasting of his importance to the team after he ended the third day of the second Test at Leeds on 149 not out. He then stunned team-mates by making derogatory remarks about 22-year-old rookie Taylor, who had just played a fine patient innings of 34 in a 147-run partnership with Pietersen.
That caused one senior player to snap at Pietersen and confront him. And it is believed this was the moment Pietersen's England team-mates finally lost their cool with the South Africa-born star. The flashpoint came on the night KP made his infamous 'it's tough being me' press conference, when he cast doubt on his England future. The tourists completed a 2-0 victory in the three-Test series by winning the final match at Lord's on Monday, with Pietersen axed.
Despite announcing an about-turn and declaring himself available for all forms of international cricket in a bizarre video on the internet two weeks ago, Pietersen was left out of England's one-day and Twenty20 squads this week.
The decision not to select the 32-year-old followed the texting incident, in which Pietersen allegedly called Strauss a 'dumb c***' in Afrikaans slang.
He later dismissed the controversial episode as 'banter between close friends', but Strauss said he felt 'let down' by his team-mate's actions.
Peace Pietersen is still seeking peace talks with Strauss when the Test skipper returns from holiday this week, but has not impressed ECB bosses by accepting a lucrative commentary deal with ESPN STAR Sports for next month's Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka.
The fall-out from any criticisms Pietersen might make of his England team-mates would aggravate the situation further.
KP is unlikely to be handed a new ECB central contract next month and may never play for England again, with fellow players fuming at his dressing-room conduct.
Coach Andy Flower admitted this week the texts sent to South African players Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers were far from the only reason behind Pietersen's axeing.
And his outburst in the dressing room is said to be at the heart of the dispute.
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