Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Mutungamiri weAustralia Michael Clarke anotenda kuti Kevin Pietersen anogona kutamba mumutambo weAshes Test yezhizha rino. Uyu mutambi ane makore makumi matatu nemana haasati ambotambira nyika yake kubvira paTest Test yechishanu muSydney, mutambo uyo England yakarasikirwa nawo kupedzisa kukunda 5-0 muDown Under. Pietersen akarondedzerwa se'asingabatanidzwi' nevaaitamba navo panguva iyoyo yeTest yekupedzisira naEngland neWales Cricket Board maneja director Paul Downton. Mutungamiri weAustralia Michael Clarke anotenda kuti Kevin Pietersen anogona kutamba mumutambo weAshes Test yezhizha rino. Downton kubvira ipapo akasiya basa rake uye Pietersen akasaina kuSurrey nechinangwa chokunyora runzi dzaizomuita kuti adzorerwe. Akapinza 170 vachipesana neOxford MCCU nguva pfupi yapfuura uye Clarke anonzwa kuti Pietersen anogona kumiririra nyika yake zvakare. 'Ndinofunga kuti angave ari paAshes,' akadaro Clarke. 'Zvirokwazvo akahwinha nhangemutange dzakakwana. 'Akajekesa kuti anoda kutamba uye zvino zvichauya kuvasarudzi veEngland nebhodhi reEngland kuti vaite chisarudzo. Pietersen haasati aratidzwa kuEngland kubvira paakadzingwa zvisina ruremekedzo mwedzi 14 yapfuura. Aimbova nyeredzi yeEngland ari kutarisira kuwanazve nzvimbo yake yeTest nekudzokera ku red ball cricket. 'Asi panguva ino kubva pakuona kwevaAustralia, ndinofara kana asiri kutamba nokuti mutambi akanaka.' Clarke achabatana naPietersen muBig Bash League mushure mekusimbisa kuti achava kaputeni weMelbourne Stars gore rinouya. 'Zvichava zvakanaka kuva kurutivi rumwe chete,' akadaro. 'Kuva neumbozha ihwohwo somutungamiriri - kuva nomutambi akadaro muboka rako - kunofadza zvikuru uye ndinoziva kuti achaita rutivi rukuru mukubudirira kwedu.'
Michael Clarke anodavira kuti chimiro chaKevin Pietersen cheSurrey chinopa chikonzero chokumutswa. Uyu mutambi ane makore makumi matatu nemana haasati atambira England kubvira paTest yechishanu muSydney. Akarondedzerwa se'asingabatanidzwi' nevaaitamba navo panguva yeTest yokupedzisira. Pietersen akasaina kuSurrey achitarisira kunwisa zvakakwana kuti adzorere nzvimbo.