I would have thought that it makes Pietersen's return less likely, at least until things get settled and a couple of series are under their belt.
Well that would seal his exile from the team if he did for sure.
And I don't think KP is Cook's biggest fan either, given his "tell me who else other than Strauss can captain this team" comments after Colombo.
Well, we'll see how it pans out I suppose. One of the "elephants in the room" has now gone, which means there may be space for the other to return. There's no doubt, that the supposed irreconcilable differences, if there were any, were between Strauss and Pietersen, and that theirs was the relationship that was the divisive presence on the rest of the side. Now that this has effectively been removed from the picture, for me anyway, it's a lot more easy to see how Pietersen will or can return.
Ashes away, don't care how poor Australia were I never thought I would ever see England humiliate them like that.
I'd hazard that the KP vs. Broad/Anderson/Swann division runs a bit deeper than KP vs. Strauss, tbh.
And Cook's best mate is Jimmy A, and through him Swann, so... could be interesting to see how they deal with everything.
Well, maybe it does. But that's the thing, we just don't know for sure what the ins and outs of it are. If as you say, the Strauss/KP relationship was just the tip of the ice berg then what i've forecast is unlikely to manifest itself. But we don't really have all that much to go on other than media hearsay.
Had illness and injury problems as well, would also struggle in India.
He Denis' grandson. He English.
Terra nullius bro.
I know :-)
