Twitter reactions on Kevin Pietersen's sacking

Kevin Pietersen of England was sacked by the ECB last night.

It was announced by the England and Wales Cricket Board last night that their all-time leading-run scorer Kevin Pietersen has been sacked and has not been included in the squad for England’s tour of the Caribbean later this month.

The news created a huge rift in the world of social media with cricketers and journalists expressing their disappointment with the board’s decision.

Here are the top ten tweets of sports personalties from all around the world:

@KP24 left out? Wow! Times must be good to leave ur best player out! Sad day for the game!

— mark boucher (@markb46) February 4, 2014

Was really looking for the hype of having @KP24 in the caribbean, would be big tickets sales for us. #Sad – Learn to MANAGE Big Names!! — Chris Gayle (@henrygayle) February 4, 2014

ECB making it harder for Warne to be manager now with #KPSacked . Paul Downton clearing the deck — Dean Jones (@ProfDeano) February 4, 2014

can’t believe what I’m hearing & reading tonight!! Sad day for English cricket fans, Love or hate him, Kp still the best player we’ve got!!

— Stephen Harmison (@Harmy611) February 4, 2014

Wow no @KP24 for England. Highest run scorer for his country and being left out. Enjoy some quality time with the family mate. @henrygayle

— Tim Cahill (@Tim_Cahill) February 4, 2014

Swansea have sacked @KP24 . Worse still, they’ve sacked Michael Laudrup. Absolutely bonkers. World’s gone mad! — Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) February 4, 2014

International cricket will be poorer in KP’s absence…but unfair to form an opinion without knowing the full truth from both parties.

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) February 5, 2014

Has any sporting manager in history made such a complete arse of himself with his very 1st decision? Just go Downton, you fool. #BringBackKP — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 4, 2014

2012: “We need to reintegrate Kevin Pietersen.” 2014: “We need to disintegrate Kevin Pietersen.”

— Alternative Cricket (@AltCricket) February 4, 2014

Time for England to rebuild without KP. I will miss watching him, but someone else will emerge, they always do

— Dean Wilson (@CricketMirror) February 4, 2014