Sydney, Sep 19: Former England captain Nasser Hussain has urged England outcast Kevin Pietersen and his national teammates to sort out their differences as soon as possible for the betterment of the team, after the controversial batsman was left out of the Test squad for the India tour.
Pietersen has been in exile since sending text messages to South Africa players that contained criticism of then England captain Andrew Strauss during the recent Test series.
Hussain believes both Pietersen and the England team are afflicted as a result of the standoff.
“Any issues, get them out in the open, sort it out and move on,” News.com.au quoted Hussain, as saying to a British channel.
“Whenever he comes back, maybe the sooner the better, the team have got to tell Kevin what their problems are with him and Kevin has to say what his problems are with the team. The sooner they kiss and make up the better,” he added.
“Kevin Pietersen has got to adhere to what (captain) Alastair Cook and Flower want. We are talking about good men. What they are doing is what they think is right for English cricket and if they think it''s best Kevin stays on the sideline I agree with them,” he said.
Hussain added: “Kevin Pietersen needs England, no doubt about that. There are signs they made up, but maybe it is a little bit too soon.”
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