here is the original dossier article before it was taken down.
if this dossier is a fake, I would live to see the original..
ESPNcricinfo is in possession of a legal document
that provides a clear insight into the ECB state of
mind as it contends with the fallout from the end
of Kevin Pietersen 's England career.
The existence of one or more Pietersen
documents has been a subject of contention since
Pietersen walked off the field in Sydney last
January for the last time in an England shirt. This
one covers the Ashes series and illustrates how
he has been cast as a serial offender whose
alleged behaviour undermined the authority of the
coach and captain.
Pietersen himself refers in his autobiography to
being alerted within days of the end of the Ashes
series to the existence of what he prefers to
dismiss as an "imaginary dossier".
This is not quite the dirty dossier the cricket
world hankers after. It was, however, drawn up to
assist the ECB legal team. It outlines the
breakdown in relationships between Pietersen and
the England team director, Andy Flower, which is
forthrightly described in the autobiography.
The ECB stated: "It is simply part of a privileged
legal document, produced by the ECB's lawyers
compiling information as part of the ECB's
internal due diligence ahead of the release of the
Kevin Pietersen book."
It is recorded that Pietersen "ranted" at Flower
after the Melbourne Test - a conversation he has
recorded in some detail in his autobiography. But
Pietersen has been less forthcoming about the
document's allegation that he described Alastair
Cook 's captaincy as "weak" and "tactically inept".
In that same heated meeting, Graeme Swann,
who has dismissed Pietersen's autobiography as
"a work of fiction", is allegedly described as "a
c***".
The document then solemnly observes that Flower
did not speak to Pietersen during the final Test in
Sydney or, indeed, for the rest of the tour.
The five-page document, marked STRICTLY
PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL, has reached
ESPNcricinfo independently and seeks to
assemble evidence of Pietersen's rebellious and
agitated state of mind as England careered to a
5-0 defeat in the Test series. There are sound
reasons to regard it as playing a genuine part in
the negotiations.
Elements of this document are now being leaked
into the public domain and are believed to be
only part of a much larger analysis of Pietersen's
allegedly recalcitrant behaviour during the final
years of his England career which seems to
counter his self-portrayal as a victimised player
bullied by an England clique.
The charge sheet against Pietersen is unlikely to
bring unity. Some will contend that the ECB had
assembled convincing reasons to end an
association with a player who had clearly become
a liability, whereas others will regard it as
essentially a petty victimisation of Pietersen
which fails to disguise a sorry failure of man
management.
As with the reaction to his autobiography, the
dividing lines are likely to remain as deep as
ever.
The document gives a flavour of the clash
between Flower's severe managerial regime and
Pietersen's more freewheeling approach to life
when it considers an incident several days before
the second Test in Adelaide.
"Upon arrival in Adelaide for the Second Test, AF
[Andy Flower] gave express instructions to players
not to stay out late and not to give the scandal-
voracious press any ammunition, which KP
immediately disobeyed by taking out two young
players drinking with him until late (an incident
which was front page news in the Adelaide press
the following day)."
With England 2-0 down before the Perth Test, the
dossier earnestly records that "an England team
physiotherapist" told Flower that if England lost
the Test his knee was "really going to be playing
up". This is presumably taken to be the language
of insubordination.
Further charges follow, not all of them
immediately seeming of import: criticism of
Michael Carberry's ability, a complimentary
comment about Gary Ballance's South African
accent and, a sin that has gained unusual
publicity, and a habit which he explains in his
book that he picked from his father, an
unappealing tendency after being dismissed
towards casually whistling.
Even Piers Morgan gets a mention. "It riled the
team and management that KP allowed Piers
Morgan to belittle AC [Alastair Cook] and the
team on social media. When asked by some of
his team mates to get Piers Morgan to stop
tweeting about the team, KP laughed at the
players and told them to get a thicker skin."
The report then refers to the severance of
Pietersen's contract with the observation that
"the team needs to move on in a different
direction with an emphasis on a strong, team-
orientated culture."
This story was updated at 1750 on October 7 to
clarify the nature of the document and 1850 with
the ECB statement
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