Kevin Pieterson

I was having a very interesting conversation with our club chairman the other day regarding the ECB and Pieterson fall out.

He came up with a very interesting point which I feel has a lot of truth behind it.

The fall out was pretty bad and a bit embarrassing for the ECB and normally are very strong on these things especially when he was captain.

His point was that he was brought back into the England set up quickly because there was a lot of pressure from the main sponsors for England and also Sky to get him back in as he is box office.

As I remember he was not picked for the India series and was possibly not going to playing in New Zealand either. So possibly the major sponsors got hold of the ECB and basically put a lot of pressure on them to bring him back ASAP.

The more I think about it the more I believe that this happened.

What do you think?

Always knew that major sponsors of clubs have a big say of what is going on with team affairs.

Best example was Ronaldo for Brazil when he had breathing problems before the World Cup final. Nike must have had a major role of him playing in the final because he did not look well....