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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Melbourne, Jan 17 (IANS) Former Australian Test captain Ricky Ponting believes England have &quot;missed a trick&quot; in choosing to discard batsman Kevin Pietersen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Ponting also said his desire to &quot;learn more&quot; about the inner workings of the England cricket team was the catalyst for his in-depth questioning of Pietersen during a BBL commentary stint last Monday that drew headlines in the cricket world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<br \/>\r\n<strong>Also read...<\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/morgan-ton-lifts-england-to-234-against-australia--6277\">Morgan ton lifts England to 234 against Australia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I saw Kevin Pietersen last week and told him that if I got him in the commentary box, there were a few things I wanted to talk to him about,&quot; Ponting wrote in his News Ltd column.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I had been reading his book and there were a few issues there I wanted to explore a little further. He was a bit worried it might start World War III, but he knew I was coming for him so it was no ambush.&quot;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Pietersen claimed that new England ODI captain Eoin Morgan &quot;would love&quot; to have the discarded batsman back in the side, while the pair also discussed the machinations of the England dressing room and its varying personalities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;It was English cricket that I wanted to learn more about when I had him in the box next to me the other night,&quot; Ponting wrote.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I had picked up his book and had a look at it and we all knew what he&rsquo;d said about bullies and cliques in the dressing room, but I wanted to know more.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;I&rsquo;d seen the way England&rsquo;s bowlers treated the fielders and it never sat right with me. KP talked about how in one team meeting the bowlers demanded that there be a rule that if a fielder dropped a catch or misfielded they would have to apologise. How can you have an attitude like that within a team?&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;How can you have a rule like that?&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;We had run into another senior English player out here who told us that everything KP said was 100 percent true, which further interested me.&quot;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">While there was never any love lost between Ponting and Pietersen through almost a decade of international rivalry, the Australian said he had enjoyed discovering a different side to the controversial batsman.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;It&rsquo;s interesting to chat about egos in the opposition side because I have to say that having Kev and &lsquo;Freddie&rsquo; (Andrew Flintoff) around I have found them the most relaxed, easy-going blokes to deal with.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;They might have had a bit of attitude when I played against them but they have been great company. We can all see that KP is a unique guy and a huge talent and maybe one of those guys who just needs a bit more attention from a captain, but it takes all types and managing personalities is what is important.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">&quot;They have missed a trick letting him go.&quot;&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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