Petulant Pietersen’s England career appears over after rift leads to World T20 snub

By Rob Harris

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON — For all his brash brilliance with the bat, Kevin Pietersen’s divisive influence within the England dressing room may have finally cost him any hope of playing for the national team again.

For the sake of team unity, English cricket may need to sacrifice the former captain who steered the national team to its first major international title in 2010.

When the team heads to Sri Lanka next month to defend the World Twenty20 title, Pietersen won’t be there.

There appears to be no way back for Pietersen after he sent text messages to South Africa players that were apparently critical of his England teammates during the test series that ended Monday.

Former England captain Tony Greig says “there’s no way he’ll ever play again.”

11:37ET 21-08-12

[+]




Featured

India Floods

Monsoon fury toll mounts to 60 in north India as rescue efforts continue

IANS New Delhi/Haridwar – Swollen mountain rivers fed by heavy rains destroyed homes and property in many areas in north India even as the monsoon…
Continue Reading »

TCS

India’s TCS holds camp in the U.S. for science, maths students

IANS Washington – India’s leading IT services, Tata Consultancy Services, held its goIT summer camp programme in the Cincinnati area exposing students to Science, Technology,…
Continue Reading »

Bombing at Pakistan funeral

Suicide bomber kills 29 at northwestern Pakistan funeral, including lawmaker

RIAZ KHAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in…
Continue Reading »

LOCAL NEWS

John van Dongen

Changing allegiance

SURESH KURL VANCOUVER DESI  Just as the Quebec Finance Minister, Nicolas Marceau feels about the Charbonneau Commission, “It’s an awful spectacle. It is worse than…
Continue Reading »

SNC Lavalin

Indian court orders to split SNC Lavalin trial charge sheet

IANS Kochi – The Kerala High Court Tuesday directed that trial in the Canadian company SNC Lavalin’s case, in which CPI-M leader Pinarayi Vijayan is…
Continue Reading »

graffiti

East Vancouver sees red over prolific graffiti ‘artist’ Mohinder

LARISSA CAHUTE VANCOUVER DESI As a small East Vancouver business owner, the last thing David Wong needs is to tack on an extra couple thousand…
Continue Reading »




Bollywood Latest

Prateik Babbar

Lucky to have this character in ‘Issaq’: Prateik Babbar

IANS Mumbai – Bollywood actor Prateik Babbar, who will be seen in “Issaq” soon, said that he is lucky to have landed his role in…
Continue Reading »

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan loves his Indian fans (w/ Gallery)

VANCOUVER DESI and IANS New Delhi – Indian movie fans love his action avatar, but Hollywood actor Jackie Chan showed a very different side to…
Continue Reading »

Bollywood actress Jiah Khan

Jiah Khan’s letter to be sent to handwriting expert: Police

IANS Mumbai – A police officer has termed as “media speculation” that late actress Jiah Khan’s six-page letter does not match her handwriting, saying that…
Continue Reading »