Derek Pringle delivers his verdict on Kevin Pietersen’s legacy as an international cricketer following his retirement last week

Derek Pringle

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As goodbyes go it was a bit like the man himself – a contradiction. On the face of it, Kevin Pietersen’s withdrawal from all things cricket was a quiet farewell to arms, announced without hyperbole in fewer than 140 characters. Yet nothing is measured when you have 3.6 million Twitter followers and news of his retirement whizzed round the world quicker...