How Kevin Pietersen’s demise unravels a long-held myth of man management

Now you may think that the Kevin Pietersen saga has nothing to tell us about man management except that it is very difficult to cope with big stars. The bigger the ego the greater the clash between the player and the management team. And the very nature of cricket makes this more difficult. Cricket is that unique team game which allows an individual batsman or bowler free reign. A bowler can take all ten opposition wickets without the help of any of his team mates. He could clean bowl a batsman, have him leg before, or catch him of his own bowling. The rest of his team mates have no part in any of these three dismissals and, similarly, a batsman in cricket could make runs entirely through his own individual efforts provided all his scoring strokes are fours or sixes. This would mean he and his partner would not have to cross and get to the other end for a run to be recorded.