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Kevin Pietersen on Wednesday got massive support from cricket fans around the world, as the new England Director of Cricket Andrew Strauss ended all hopes of an international comeback for the maverick cricketer, or at least in the 2015 English summer. READ: Andrew Strauss making English cricket laughing stock again: Graeme Smith
Pietersen was told to have ‘massive trust issues’ with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), during his private meeting with his former captain Strauss, who has been handed the responsibility to take England cricket ahead. READ: Kevin Pietersen cannot return due to trust issues with ECB: Andrew Strauss
Many people took to Twitter to vent out their anger and extended support to Pietersen, who in his bid to make international comeback slammed 355 not out for Surrey versus Leicestershire in Division Two match on Tuesday to make his case stronger.
Here are some of the noticeable reactions from cricket fraternity, including cricketers and fans and experts:
If Strauss wanted instant public acceptance & the whole country to support Eng again, he should have said, "I want KP back in the team" !!!
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) May 12, 2015
Read that my old mate Strauss has said KP won’t play for Eng, but offered him an advisory role to help Eng ? What the ? Serious ? #shambles
— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) May 12, 2015
“I don’t trust @KP24 enough for him to play for England but I trust him enough to advise me on ODI cricket” #strausslogic . — Kumar Sangakkara (@KumarSanga2) May 12, 2015
Only the ECB’s Pomnishambles can manage to turn Kevin Pietersen into a likable person for whom even Saffas feel sympathy. — Antoinette Muller (@mspr1nt) May 12, 2015
KP has be in the England cricket team. It’s a joke. #KPRightsProtest #EnglandCricket #KevinPietersen — Henry Bland (@Blandy92) May 12, 2015
Did Kevin Pietersen break into Andrew Strauss’s house on Xmas Eve and piss on his kids or something? @ECB_cricket are a total joke. Grow up! — Joseph Burns (@retlivdead) May 12, 2015
I’m thinking of starting a newspaper that only writes about Katy Hopkins, Jeremy Clarkson, Nigel Forage and Kevin Pietersen. Can’t fail! — Ian T (@BeardyWasp) May 12, 2015
This #KevinPietersen thing is so typical of English sport! We done the exact same with john terry! He’s our best player, play him REGARDLESS — vinnie bond (@10vinnieB) May 12, 2015
Kevin Pietersen: the untameable unpursued by the intractable. — I’m Nick I am (@AnnoGalactic) May 12, 2015
In German, ‘Strauss’ means ‘ostrich’. Insert joke about having his head in the sand. #StraussvsKP #KevinPietersen #Strauss — Captain Blackaddick (@CptBlackaddick) May 12, 2015