“As an England cricketer the Ashes are the pinnacle of the game so I’m absolutely devastated to be missing the rest of this series"
That is what Kevin Pietersen had to say after he ruled himself out of the current ashes series, presumably to prepare for the next IPL, or maybe to contemplate retirement while he drives around in his Ferrari sporting a totally healed Achilles thing.
No, really! England cricketer? Or a Bangalore one? Or a South African? Decide before you wither in this pain.
KP is a cult figure. He is an egomaniac. He is famous. He is (evidently) in a lot of pain. We cannot let him go through this. We have to let him go. Retire, you moron! Retire! Go and beg Lalit Modi to adopt you.
South Africa will be better off without you. England too. Sachin Tendulkar should retire too, but that’s for another day.