Kevin Pietersen has taken aim at the ECB following Ben Stokes' retirement from ODI cricket, having tried to do something similar a decade earlier.
In his statement, Stokes said it was simply "unsustainable" for him to play all three formats for England and the all-rounder will now solely focus on Test cricket and T20s. In 2012, Pietersen attempted to do the same, but was forced to retire from T20 cricket as well due to ECB rules.
"With the intensity of the international schedule and the increasing demands on my body, approaching 32, I think it is the right time to step aside and let the next generation of players come through," Pietersen said in a statement that echoes Stokes'.
