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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">London, Dec 19 (IANS) Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff Friday urged the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to satisfactorily explain the reasons for sacking former captain and star batsman Kevin Pietersen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;What Kevin&#39;s done can&#39;t be as bad as what&#39;s been portrayed and it&#39;s time the ECB told us, the paying public who are missing out on watching him, what went on,&quot; Flintoff was quoted as saying by Sky Sports.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Pietersen was dropped following the Ashes whitewash last winter, with ECB managing director Paul Downton since claiming that the 34-year-old had become &quot;disengaged&quot; from the side.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">However, former Pietersen&#39;s former teammate Flintoff believes the ECB should go into further detail about why they axed a player with 23 Test and nine One-Day International (ODI) centuries.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The 37-year-old also believed that Pietersen was an immensely talented cricketer but the common people were extremely judgemental about him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I think Kevin is somebody with immense talent who people are quick to praise when he is good and jump on straightaway when he has a bad game or something doesn&#39;t go his way,&quot; he added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Flintoff has scored 3,845 runs and taken 226 wickets for England in 79 Test matches.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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