England coach Andy Flower has welcomed Kevin Pietersen back to England duty by saying he's pleased to have the "superstar" batsman in the squad ahead of the defence of the Ashes against Australia. The 33-year-old Pietersen was included Sunday in the England side playing Essex in a four-day Ashes warm-up match at Chelmsford.
The South Africa-born batsman last played for England in New Zealand in March before being sidelined by a knee injury that kept him out of all cricket until he made a dominating 177 not out for Surrey in their recent County Championship match against Yorkshire.
Flower has had his run-ins with Pietersen, notably last year when England dropped arguably their most talented batsman during the South Africa series for allegedly sending "provocative" texts to Proteas players.
Comments
Comments are closed.