Lost captaincy still haunts KP: What I wanted,Strauss has got

Getting back to cricket and hitting a hundred gives Kevin Pietersen a lot of satisfaction after the recent controversy but losing captaincy to Andrew Strauss still haunts him...

Getting back to cricket and hitting a hundred gives Kevin Pietersen a lot of satisfaction after the recent controversy but losing captaincy to Andrew Strauss still haunts him.

Unfortunately that (captaincy) was taken away from me. Its one of my frustrations that what I wanted,he (his replacement Andrew Strauss) has got, Pietersen was quoted as saying in The Guardian. Pietersen hammered a modest St Kitts and Nevis to score 103 runs from 91 balls,with 13 fours and three sixes and then got himself stumped. I got told to (get out). (Andrew) Strauss is the boss and I have no dramas with that.

He provided a sneak peak into his still-simmering anger . Getting back to playing cricket was something I wanted to do, he said. I just wanted to get back playing cricket,to get back in the dressing room with the lads. To get a hundred after everything thats happened was pretty satisfying. Its been frustrating because I did everything by the book,everything I was supposed to do.

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The former England captain also expressed disappointment with the media. What you guys (the media) did to me for a couple of weeks really hurt me. Times a great healer but Id like a few questions to be answered first for everything to be gone. I loved doing the job. I absolutely loved it, Pietersen said.

Pietersen also said that playing will help heal the pain of whatever happened. I knew it was never going to be a problem stepping back into the ranks. Ive got back to doing what I love. I love to entertain,I love to enjoy myself on a cricket field and I love scoring runs for England. Its been tough but Im OK now. Time is healing, he said.

Pietersen also made field placements for St Kitts and Nevis leg-spinner Akito Willett. I talked to the leg-spinner about his field. Its harsh when youre trying your hardest and you dont have the fields you should have. Its a practice game,a friendly.

Wilkett obviously benefited from the help,returning figures of 5 for 118. England finished the day 424 for 8,with Owais Shah unbeaten on 125.

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