Cricket: Swann’s book ‘not clever’: Pietersen

It’s not a clever book in the middle of your career but it’s not affecting me for sure, says Pieterson.

LONDON: Kevin Pietersen has taken a swipe at Graeme Swann’s recent autobiography after his England teammate went into print to criticise him as ‘not a natural leader’. However, Pietersen, in an interview with the BBC, maintained that he had a good relationship with Swann despite the incident and insisted that the fall-out from the off-spinner’s book would have no bearing on England’s team spirit ahead of their upcoming series against Pakistan in the UAE. “Things are absolutely fine between us,” said Pietersen. “It’s not a clever book in the middle of your career but it’s not affecting anything that’s going on in the team for sure.”

Published in The Express Tribune, December 20^th, 2011.