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Pietersen makes peace with ECB
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 04 - 10 - 2012

Giles Clarke, chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), attends a news conference with England cricketer Kevin Pietersen (R) after it was announced that Pietersen has signed a new England contract, at the Cinnamon Lakeside hotel in Colombo Wednesday. — Reuters

COLOMBO — Batsman Kevin Pietersen has committed to playing for England in all three forms of the game until at least 2015 after making peace with the England and Wales Cricket Board in a row over “provocative” text messages.
“I am committed to completing the reintegration process we have agreed over the coming weeks and resuming my England career in all formats, hopefully until the World Cup in 2015, as long as my body allows,” he told a news conference Wednesday.
“I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize to my teammates, all England supporters and the ECB for the situation that has arisen over the last couple of months.
“Thankfully we have drawn a line under it and can move forward,” he added in a prepared statement after signing a new central contract in the Sri Lankan capital where he has been working as a television pundit on the ICC World Twenty20.
Pietersen was dropped in August after sending messages to members of the opposing South Africa side which he conceded were provocative but denied were derogatory about former England captain Andrew Strauss, the ECB said.
The 32-year-old, who has averaged nearly 50 in 88 Test matches, said he had deleted the messages and the ECB added Wednesday that the issue had been “successfully concluded through a binding assurance provided by Kevin”.
Pietersen added: “Although it has been made clear in the (ECB) statement, I'd like to make it clear that at no time did I share tactical information with any of the South Africans.
“It's been a horrible situation for all involved but it is time to move forward. All being well, I'll be back in an England shirt as soon as possible.”
ECB chairman Giles Clarke, who joined Pietersen at the news conference, said a “re-integration process”, which was intended to pave the way for the player's recall, had begun with the pair meeting for 2-1/2 hours Wednesday morning.
“Kevin Pietersen has apologized to Andrew Strauss and ... he now wishes to put the events of the summer behind him and to focus on regaining his place in the England team,” said Clarke reading from an ECB statement.
“England Teams Director Andy Flower will lead the (re-integration) process.
He will determine the progress of that process and will advise the Board when the team, management and Kevin himself feel he is ready to be reconsidered.
“Following this, it will be up to the National Selector (Geoff Miller) and the England Teams Director to determine when he should be selected. It could be very soon,” added Clarke, who said Pietersen had signed a new ECB central contract.
Following England's elimination from the ICC World Twenty20 Monday, its next competitive action is a tour of India that features four Tests, two Twenty20s and five one-dayers.
The Test series squad, selected last month, did not include Pietersen. The first Test starts in Ahmedabad on Nov. 15. — Reuters


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