article_snippet.sent: It was Paul Downton who took the huge call to sack Kevin Pietersen and then re-appointed Peter Moores, calling Kevin Pietersen
article_snippet.sent: Paul Downton also oversaw the sacking of Alastair Cook as one-day captain.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Michael Vaughan (left) immediately threw ’ Michael Vaughan hat in the ring to replace Middlesex wicketkeeper-batsman Downton .
article_snippet.sent: second coming as England coach, more vulnerable and that the door could now be nudged further ajar for the return of Pietersen, who has rejoined Surrey after being apparently encouraged by Graves.
article_snippet.sent: England selector James Whitaker (left) and former managing director Downton during a nets session .
article_snippet.sent: Moores (from left to right), Downton and England captain Alastair Cook during the press conference .
article_snippet.sent: After the Ashes whitewash, Kevin Pietersen and head coach Andy Flower are sacked.
article_snippet.sent: After days of silence, the official line on Pietersen’s dismissal is that the ECB wanted to the ECBcreate a culture’ in which captain Alastair Cook had ‘the full support of all players’.
article_snippet.sent: Downton appoints Peter Moores, who had spent the previous four seasons as head coach at Lancashire, for a second spell as England head coach.
article_snippet.sent: Downton and the ECB issue an apology to Kevin Pietersen for claiming Kevin Pietersen appeared
article_snippet.sent: ‘disinterested’ and ‘distracted’ during the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney.
article_snippet.sent: Cook is sacked as one-day captain and replaced by Eoin Morgan, marking the end of a sorry year for England in which they won just 18 of they 48 matches across all formats.