Kevin Pieterson: England require ‘shake up’ before the World Cup

Pieterson urges to make changes in England ODI team before it’s too late for World Cup

England discard Kevin Pieterson, expressing his disappointment after England’s massive defeat against India in the fourth ODI, said changes have to be made to the England one-day side in order to remain competitive at the World Cup next year.

Kevin Pieterson was active on Twitter after England were humbled by 9-wicket defeat and almost twenty overs to spare against India at Edgbaston that gave the visitors an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five match ODI series.

England’s top scoring batsman in all formats took to Twitter and expressed his unhappiness about England’s performance after the fourth ODI and moreover was anguished by the Sky Sports commentary team’s comments. The South African-born cricketer in his tweets did not indicate that certain players should be dropped, but said that the team required a ‘shake up’ sooner rather than later before the World Cup next year.

Pieterson tweeted:

So let's pick the same team for SL and for the tri-series IN AUS & WC in Aus and lose. Then change after that! I cannot believe it!

— Kevin Pietersen (@KP24) September 2, 2014

Kevin Pieterson was dumped by the ECB earlier this year year after England’s disastrous Ashes tour of Australia where they lost 5-0 to the hosts.