“I remember all the nights in Bangladesh [in March], the dinners with people like Paul Collingwood who gave me the reassurance I needed.”

via Kevin Pietersen has England sitting on top of the world – Times Online.

Who would have thought a few years ago that Kevin Pietersen needed reassurance he can still play like his old self from Paul Collingwood? I bet Pietersen self wouldn’t have.

It only proves what a formidable and influential character Collingwood must be in the England dressing room. Or it goes to show that Pietersen really needs to be loved en be told so, as is often said about him.

Oh well, doesn’t really matter, does it? Not now that England have won their first international one-day throphy, after 35 years trying and four lost finals.

This blog congratulates England on a job well done. You have come a long way since losing from Holland last year.