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Pietersen text contents aired in UK media

NZ Newswire August 19, 2012, 9:42 pm

Kevin Pietersen's international career is on the ropes following damning revelations of the controversial text messages he sent to his South African counterparts.

The polarising cricketer was accused of calling Andrew Strauss an offensive term in Afrikaans and advising South Africa's quicks how to bowl to the battling England captain during the second Test at Leeds this month.

Pietersen was dumped for the third Test at Lord's in the wake of the scandal which erupted last week.

The Mail on Sunday said that former England captain Pietersen had referred to Strauss as a "doos" - the equivalent of calling someone a "c...".

The Sunday Times said the flamboyant South African-born right-handed batsman suggested to his opponents to bowl round the wicket to the struggling Strauss.

Pietersen apologised for the texts but his defence that the messages were just "banter" and a bit "provocative" looks a bit flimsy.

The betrayal could be the final straw with English cricket authorities still calling on Pietersen to divulge the full content of his texts to the South African players.

"If he refuses to show the contents of the texts then he's finished and if he does show the texts then he's probably finished anyway," a source close to the England dressing room told The Mail on Sunday.

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Russell10:47am Tuesday 21st August 2012 ESTReport Abuse
i dont know if strauss is a doo or not neither do any of you ,
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Russell10:45am Tuesday 21st August 2012 ESTReport Abuse
peter the plank , There is no loyalty in pro sport , ask S.B.W . You are thicker that 10 planks if you think the best team in the world dont know Strausses weak spots themselves , as for breeding , a million tadpoles swimming upstream and you are the one that got through . Bad news for the world
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tom04:30pm Monday 20th August 2012 ESTReport Abuse
Listen up Losers.Instead of concerning your empty small heads with Pietersen--a World Class bat--you should be preparing for the onslaught coming the way of your own Disneyland styled Black Collapsers.
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tom04:27pm Monday 20th August 2012 ESTReport Abuse
Well the Sth Africans in the NZ Black Collapsers wont have to worry about sending texts to their SA mates about how to get out the Kiwi lot.They are so hopeless they are out before the game begins.And we all know the Cap-tins name--FAYLOR!!!!!
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tom04:24pm Monday 20th August 2012 ESTReport Abuse
All you hypocrites after Pietersens throat really amuse me.Most of you abuse and call bloggers on here filthy names hidden by symbols.Cowards.At least KP hangs his dirty washing out--not like you lizardy lot!!get back under the filth and squalor you obviously reside in.Tossers.
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