Matt Prior defends himself as Pietersen fall-out continues
7 Feb 2014 6:29 AM IST
‘Flower’s behaving like a headmaster, this is a schoolboy environment. F**K Flower! This is OUR team!’ - @MattPrior13 to England team,’ Morgan tweeted.
Morgan also said Pietersen was popular with the younger members of the team. He described Prior as a hypocrite for siding with the players who were upset at Flower’s methods, but then stabbing Pietersen in the back when talking to Flower, who quit last week, about the issue.
The accusations were denied by Prior, who was dropped for the final two tests in Australia after a run of poor form. ‘I don’t do this PR, spinning media rubbish,’ Prior said on Twitter.
‘But I refuse to be attacked by a bloke that knows very little about what goes on in the England setup apart from rumour, gossip and hearsay from certain individuals (most of whom I’d take with a pinch of salt!!). ‘Maybe I was recorded or ‘hacked’ but if not I’d like to see where these words I apparently said have come from? There is no story here just an attempt to knock someone who has only ever had the teams best interests at heart.’
Morgan also said Pietersen was popular with the younger members of the team. He described Prior as a hypocrite for siding with the players who were upset at Flower’s methods, but then stabbing Pietersen in the back when talking to Flower, who quit last week, about the issue.
The accusations were denied by Prior, who was dropped for the final two tests in Australia after a run of poor form. ‘I don’t do this PR, spinning media rubbish,’ Prior said on Twitter.
‘But I refuse to be attacked by a bloke that knows very little about what goes on in the England setup apart from rumour, gossip and hearsay from certain individuals (most of whom I’d take with a pinch of salt!!). ‘Maybe I was recorded or ‘hacked’ but if not I’d like to see where these words I apparently said have come from? There is no story here just an attempt to knock someone who has only ever had the teams best interests at heart.’
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