Kevin Pietersen has raised his head above the parapet once more, this time to throw a whole variety of brick-bats at his former team mates and team manager. Of course, the main reason for his re-appearance is to publicise his autobiography, which appears to be little more than a diatribe against those whom he blames for his own demise, and a self-justificatory monologue.
The evidence appears to suggest that Pietersen was, at least partially, responsible for his own troubles. As a captain, he was a disaster; as a player, he seems to have been much more interested in his own achievements than in supporting his team mates. His regular disruptive acts, whether planned or simply thoughtless, created difficulties which must have been problematic for the team and its management. In the end, he made his own bed and now he appears keen to set fire to it.
Whatever the rights and wrongs of it all, Pietersen has now burnt his boats once and for all; he will never play for England again and is most unlikely to ever play any other part in the national cricket set up. A highly talented player has allowed arrogance, pride and his own ego to destroy him.
