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Kevin Pietersen England career over: Nasser Hussain wants real reasons

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Nasser Hussain has called on the ECB to explain the real reasons for calling time on Kevin Pietersen's England career.

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Pietersen's England career has been full of controversy. He resigned as captain following a dispute with Peter Moores in 2009 and was dropped from the team in 2012 after allegations were made that he sent disparaging text messages about Andrew Strauss to members of the South Africa team. Hussain says the off-field issues have consistently made him a difficult personality to work with and says he might be considered a poor example to the next generation of England players. "You want to move with your best players and it's all about management," said the former England captain. "I always feel it is about man-management. However disruptive a player is you can always try and manage most players. "But history tells you with Kevin that he hasn't really got a foot to stand on whether it be back in Natal; or Hampshire or Nottinghamshire; whether it be Peter Moores or Andrew Strauss or Alastair Cook or Andy Flower - wherever he's been he's been a problem. "Eventually English cricket has said enough is enough. We are going to have young players coming into this dressing room and we want them with the right sort of characters around. "It's always the most difficult thing in a team when your best player is being disruptive. Do you move on with that player or without him? "Some people believe in cutting out the virus and moving on, other people say man-manage your best players. There is no easy solution. "It won't solve the team's fortunes straight away. England certainly aren't a better team without Pietersen because he's arguably one of the best players England has ever produced. "They are going to have to take some pain. Andy Flower said that straight away after the Sydney Test match. They would have to take some pain going into this new era and we can all see now what he meant by that."

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