SA 'provoked' Pietersen - Collier

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http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/585904.html

David Collier, the ECB chief executive, has claimed that members of the South Africa squad "provoked" Kevin Pietersen into the exchange of messages that led to him being dropped by England earlier this summer.

Last week, the ECB announced a process of "reintegration" for Pietersen following his exile from the team during the summer after it was revealed he had sent provocative messages to the South Africans. Initially it was claimed these included tactical advice on how to dismiss Andrew Strauss although this has since been denied.

Speaking for the first time about the issue, Collier said the belief was that it was instigated by the South Africans as a tactic to unsettle Pietersen. "That's our understanding," he told BBC Radio Five Live's Sportsweek programme. "It is a very thin line between fair and unfair. These were responses to messages from certain members of the South Africa team and I would not condone an England player doing it if it was the other way around, and I certainly think they provoked the situation."
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Shame on us :)
 
so Pietersen get's exiled, the poms start losing left right and centre and he suddenly needs to be "reintegrated" and it's all SA's fault? :rolleyes:

sounds like a movie in the making :D
 
Even if the Saffers did bate him, is he such a wussy that he had to react? And when he responds, he slates his coach and team mates? Yellow-bellied, I say. Wouldn't dare do battle along side him if that's the way he turns on his own.

Besides, where is the proof? English continually reach for new lows.
 
Pathetic comments by the ecb. CSA must force an apology from The ECB.
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/cr...aims-Kevin-Pietersen-provoked-send-texts.html

South Africa have reacted with fury to David Collier’s suggestion that they were responsible for the Kevin Pietersen text scandal and are considering legal action against the ECB.

Sportsmail can reveal that relations between England and South Africa have been plunged into crisis by the ECB’s chief executive’s ill-judged decision to go on the attack and shift the blame from Pietersen.

After Collier insisted Pietersen was only replying to texts, a senior member of Cricket South Africa told Sportsmail: ‘If these comments are accurate then this could be defamatory. This will be taken to board level and an explanation sought.
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