(Reuters) – Kevin Pietersen has said he should not have been made England captain in 2008 and only took the job because there was nobody else who could do it.
Pietersen had a five-month spell as captain that ended in January 2009 when he resigned after just three tests and nine one-day internationals, following a falling out with England coach Peter Moores, who was sacked following the dispute.
“I shouldn’t have got the job but there was no-one else,” Pietersen told the BBC yesterday.
“I’d do a much better job now. There were certain circumstances that I wish I had done better. But I’m honest enough to admit it was a bad time for me to captain.”
