England cricket in the dumps

Pietersen claimed that Prior was the ringleader of a group including senior bowlers Graeme Swann, now retired, Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson, who would lay into their team-mates for dropping catches.

"The double standard for me was the bigger thing. If one of them messed up -- if Jimmy messed up, or Swanny -- nothing was ever said. Prior left them alone," Pietersen told the Telegraph.

"He never left alone (Nick) Compton or Ravi (Bopara) or Trotty (Jonathan Trott).

"I went after Prior and said Prior shouldn't be in that side because he's a bad influence, a negative influence -- he picks on players. He's back-stabbing, he's horrendous, he's bad for the environment."

Nasser Hussain reckons “there is no way back” for Kevin Pietersen as an England player after the revelations in his autobiography.
Pietersen said former England coach Andy Flower “ruled by fear” and that wicketkeeper Matt Prior orchestrated a culture of bullying in the dressing room whereby fielders were bellowed at and forced to apologise to bowlers if they made mistakes.

Swann calls Pietersen's book a work of fiction. Bit rich coming from a bloke whose excuse for drink-driving was to rescue a cat