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Old 30-08-2006, 02:45 PM in reply to John's post "Pietersen and South Africa"
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Originally Posted by John
Pietersen has always overplayed the victim card on this one. There are probably a number of reasons why he left SA cricket it just sounds to principled to leave on grounds of discrimination.
Someone said a while ago Pietersen was the first truly free market crickter.
Mercenary is what i would call him. Still, i can understand him not liking the quota system - it is discrimatory and not much fun if you are the one that is being discriminated against.
He is a remarkable cricketer - huge loss for S.A.
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