Cricket:Kevin Pietersen has been fined following his online outburst after being dropped by England for the first time in his career.
The 30-year-old batsman posted a Twitter message last Tuesday announcing that he had been dropped for the one-day series at home to Pakistan. The message contained an expletive.
Pietersen, who offered an unreserved apology, was fined an undisclosed amount following a disciplinary meeting at Lord’s today.
The England batsman inadvertently broke the news last week that he was to be dropped from the limited-overs squad to face Pakistan, several hours before the list of names was officially announced.
He told followers of his Twitter feed: “Done for rest of summer!! Man of the World Cup T20, and dropped from the T20 side too. It’s a f***-up ...”
