ireland.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cricket: England captain Kevin Pietersen said he was confident that his team would travel to India for next week's first test in Chennai despite the recent atrocities in the country.
The Herald (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Kevin Pietersen, the England captain, was bullish in the face of fresh security concerns in India, insisting he is confident next week's Test in Chennai will go ahead.
Daily Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
England captain Kevin Pietersen believes it is important England return to India for their rescheduled two-Test series as a show of support following the terror attacks in Mumbai.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
The England captain, Kevin Pietersen, is adamant that a favourable report on security considerations in India will see the team return to the country to resume the tour, with no dissenters. However doubts remain that all the players are fully committed to going back, no matter what assurances are given. Their reticence will not have been helped by the high state of alert placed on a number of city...
Daily Mail online | Sport (Free subscription) | yesterday
Kevin Pietersen is confident that England’s Test series in India will go ahead but it is clear his players will spend every minute of their ‘holding camp’ in Abu Dhabi agonising.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Kevin Pietersen has reiterated that no member of the England squad had to be persuaded to travel to Abu Dhabi ahead of the probable resumption of the tour to India.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
“A collective decision” was how Kevin Pietersen described the England team’s decision to fly to Abu Dhabi yesterday. And while no player, he insisted, would have his arm twisted to return to India, the clear impression given was that the England team would decide, after discussing the final security report on Sunday evening, to travel onwards together, or return home together. And since no man’s life...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
The north runway at Heathrow, used for departing flights yesterday, can be no more than a hundred yards or so from the car park of the Renaissance hotel, on the other side of the perimeter road, and it was while I was decamping from the car to go to the England captain Kevin Pietersen's press conference that two successive planes took off, each bearing the insignia of SAS. Chennai-bound, I thought....
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
ENGLAND captain Kevin Pietersen is typically bullish in the face of fresh security concerns in India, insisting he is confident next week's Test in Chennai will go ahead.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
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Cricinfo (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Gary Kirsten, India's coach, will return to India this weekend after having received security assurances from the BCCI.
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
England captain Kevin Pietersen believes it is important England return to India for their rescheduled two-Test series as a show of support following the terror attacks in Mumbai.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
If the safety and security advice presented to the England team in Abu Dhabi on Sunday evening is positive and no different from that given before the initial trip to India a month ago, then Kevin Pietersen and his squad should travel to Chennai and play the first Test.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Kevin Pietersen yesterday admitted that it was the desire to provide support for the people of India that motivated his side to travel to Abu Dhabi, a move that raises the chances of England completing their scheduled two-Test tour of the country.
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | yesterday
London: England captain Kevin Pietersen said on Thursday he was confident that his team will travel to India for next week's first Test in Chennai despite the recent atrocities in the country.
