The idiocy of the ECB

So, it has all ended in tears. Kevin Pietersen’s resignation came even sooner than his worst enemies would have predicted when he took the job five months ago.

A lot of people are already blaming Pietersen, saying that you can’t have the captain forcing the management’s hand as publicly as he tried to do when he let it be know that they would have to choose between him and the coach Peter Moores. But this strikes me as the wrong way to look at things. When the ECB appointed Pietersen they knew what they getting; it was blinding obvious that he was going to want things done his way. Once they’d made that decision, they should have been prepared to give him what he believed the team needed to succeed. Instead, the ECB have reacted like a batsman who tries to clear the boundary and then has second thoughts and checks the shot—and we all know how that ends.