article_snippet: The Kevin Pietersen storyline is a good'un, full of rage, intrigue and hypocrisy.
article_snippet: But the longer The Kevin Pietersen storyline goes on, the less we will be inclined to analyse what really ails we game.
article_snippet: But entertaining diversions are just as crucial to the psyche of the English cricket lover: they mean we can go easy on the self-analysis.
article_snippet: From WG’s gamesmanship via Compton’s knee through to Botham’s extra-curriculars and KP’s tweets, our game has always quietly welcomed the glamorous, scurrilous sideshow, the tabloid tittle-tattle to balance out broadsheet sobriety.
article_snippet: The point of this article is not to pick on Pietersen.)
article_snippet: Pietersen's antics entertain the public just as Ian Botham's extra-curricular activities once did.
article_snippet: another reason why the Pietersen debate risks straying into red-herring territory.
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article_snippet: The mystery is why Kevin Pietersen isn't doing Kevin Pietersen best to increase the odds.
article_snippet: Speaking on Fox Sports last week, Kevin Pietersen had some fair things to say about the way Peter Moores had handled England's World Cup campaign – but basic psychology tells you some fair things to say about the way Peter Moores had handled England's World Cup campaign – were the kind of points better made by an out-and-out pundit, not a man hoping to resurrect Kevin Pietersen international career by working with… Peter Moores!
article_snippet: Peter Moores will hardly be encouraged by Peter Moores previous with Kevin Pietersen... and KP's latest comments . '
article_snippet: I heard Kevin Pietersen come out and say: "We don’t have a settled side",' said Kevin Pietersen.
article_snippet: But, not for the first time, you do wonder: who, if anyone, is advising Kevin Pietersen?
article_snippet: That said, it would be intriguing to know what Kevin Pietersen makes of Eoin Morgan decision to place Kevin Pietersen IPL deal with Sunrisers Hyderabad ahead of England's trip to Dublin in May for a one-day international that has taken on an extra dimension following the World Cup farce.
article_snippet: Kevin Pietersen has been criticised in the past – including by this writer – for seeking to place IPL commitments ahead of national duty.
article_snippet: Yet the ECB's more relaxed approach to IPL IPL sheds a more sympathetic light on Kevin Pietersen's wishes.
article_snippet: Kevin Pietersen has not always helped Kevin Pietersen, but Kevin Pietersen contention that English cricket is riven with double standards is boosted by Eoin Morgan's position.
highlights_snippet: Kevin Pietersen has more serious problem with England's bowling attack .
  