England might be out of the Cricket World Cup but they still provide the combatants for potentially the tournament ’ s biggest flashpoint , with arch-enemies Kevin Pietersen and Graeme Swann set to come face to face in the Test Match Special commentary box . Pietersen , who is being loaned to TMS for radio stints by his World Cup employers Fox Sports , will work alongside Swann for the first time at the Auckland semi-final a week on Tuesday . And the powderkeg confrontation between the ex-England team-mates , whose relationship disintegrated in the fall-out from the 2013-14 Ashes whitewash , has been given spice with the possibility KP might now return to county cricket and the national team . Graeme Swann and Kevin Pietersen , once happy team-mates , are not longer on such good terms . Swann and Pietersen are to help commentate on Test Mach Special for the World Cup semi-finals next week . Swann has accused KP of ‘ upsetting people wherever he goes ’ , says the ECB were ‘ justified ’ in terminating his England contract and calls Pietersen ’ s autobiography a ‘ work of fiction ’ . Despite the history , TMS producer Adam Mountford is hopeful there will be no trouble between the pair on the day , saying : ‘ They ’ re adults , I ’ m sure they ’ ll behave professionally. ’ If Pietersen were to pull out of the IPL and re-sign for Surrey , his most likely replacement at Sunrisers Hyderabad is Kumar Sangakkara . The Sri Lankan — Surrey ’ s overseas player — is only an IPL reserve despite four straight World Cup hundreds . Pietersen has announced his intention to return to county cricket to try and get back in the England set-up . The Six Nations is a rare BBC sporting event not involving Clare Balding . However , Scotland ’ s blond back-row forward David Denton answers to the nickname ‘ Balding ’ because of his hairstyle . England ’ s beleaguered cricket coach Peter Moores , with a reputation for being obsessed with statistics , is likely to be remembered for supposedly saying after the World Cup defeat against Bangladesh : ‘ We thought 275 was chaseable , we ’ ll have to look at the data. ’ Peter Moores came under fire for his 'data ' response , but he actually said 'we 'll have to look at that later ' However , what Moores actually said to Test Match Special reporter Ali Mitchell was : ‘ We ’ ll have to look at that later. ’ Moores did mention data when interviewed by Sky Sports . Paul McGinley ’ s leadership insight that so impressed guests at the League Managers Association President ’ s Dinner last week included the revelation that he persuaded the European Tour to pair some of his potential Ryder Cup partnerships during regular tournaments — without them realising — to see how they gelled . Ryder Cup winning captain Paul McGinley has revealed he got the European Tour to help him test pairings . MCC plot with Cubans . Fidel Castro ’ s Communist Cuba is an unlikely ally of the MCC in their battle to repel property developers Rifkind Levy Partnership . The MCC hope to block RLP ’ s building plans behind the Warner Stand at Lord ’ s by switching a 10-year lease to Cuban Embassy staff . The £8m house earmarked for Cuba personnel is the home of MCC secretary Derek Brewer , who would transfer to the MCC-owned house on Grove End Road currently occupied by the Cubans . The MCC have further kept RLP at bay by buying another well-placed house on the same street . Christian Purslow may not want to leave Chelsea , where he heads their global commercial operation , having secured a £220million shirt sponsorship deal with Yokohama Rubber since arriving in October . It ’ s understood , though , that former Liverpool managing director Purslow is on the short-list to succeed George O ’ Grady as chief executive of golf ’ s European Tour . Twickenham , building up for the Rugby World Cup , have installed a football-style mixed zone which rugby players , far more approachable than their football counterparts , have to walk through while the media are kept behind ropes . Twickenham has introduced a mixed zone for rugby players , but how long before it becomes like football ? Sadly , it can only be a matter of time before rugby players wear headphones or talk on their mobile to avoid being interviewed . Former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson has made a good start as manager of Chinese Super League side Shanghai East Asia , where he is understood to be earning as much as £6m a year . Eriksson is said to still need the money , after being swindled out of £10m by a crooked financial advisor and facing big demands from HMRC over tax from film investments . Sven Goran Eriksson is understood to be earning around £6million a year as Shanghai East Asia manager .
Kevin Pietersen fell out with Graeme Swann when they played for England . Both ex-England players will be commentating for the BBC in semi-finals . TMS producer Adam Mountford hopeful there will be no trouble . Pietersen is hoping to return to national team after playing county cricket .