Manchester City jersey sale is read Kevin’s book to see how disaffected he was at the time.

After endorsing captain Alastair Cook to lead England to the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand starting in February, Downton also passed comment on the Pietersen saga – which saw the South African-born maverick sacked in February.
Pietersen, 34, has also reportedly been released by IPL franchise Delhi Daredevils, as he prepares to embark on a Big Bash League campaign with the Melbourne Stars.
Downton said he still believed the decision to Bayern Munich jersey 2015 axe Pietersen was the right one, after the middle-order batsman made claims of bullying in the England dressing room.
“We had a massive rebuilding job,” Downton said.
“We took the view that we weren’t going to rebuild with Kevin in the side and that’s history.
“Since then, I think the regeneration has been extremely strong and the way in which our young players came in and kept the whole thing going is phenomenal. That to me is the story of the summer, that we have an emerging England team that will be very exciting for the next few years.
“We made noisy decisions but as far as I’m concerned for English cricket they were absolutely the Barcelona jersey sale right decisions and now we’re starting to emerge from a pretty traumatic time and it’s time for people to get excited again.”
When asked about Pietersen’s allegations Messi jersey of bullying – which came via a tell-all autobiography – Downton said they were unfounded given the disgruntled batsman was one-out with his claims.
“There is no formal complaint of bullying at all on anybody’s record during that whole period,” Downton said.
“It’s not something that has come up anywhere else; it was a surprise the way in which Kevin portrayed that environment.
“None of the other players recognise it, in terms of the people who have come out and said what a successful period for English cricket it was.
“All one has to do Manchester City jersey sale is read Kevin’s book to see how disaffected he was at the time.
“I don’t think you’ll ever be able to explain to some people’s satisfaction what happened.
“I can repeat what we said at the time, which was that people felt Kevin had become disengaged from the side and that we needed more from our leaders.”
Downton conceded the whole matter, which played out in the media with mud flung at Pietersen from current and past players, could have been handled better.
“I’m sure we could have handled it better – but it’s history, we can’t change it anymore,” he said.
“My only driving force here is what’s best for English cricket. Am I content that we made the right decision? Absolutely.”

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