Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E whakapono ana te rangatira o Ahitereiria, a Michael Clarke, ka taea e Kevin Pietersen te takaro i te raupapa Whakamatau a Ashes o tenei raumati. Kaore te 34-tau-tau i takaro mo tona whenua mai i te rima o nga Whakamatau i Sydney, he tukinga i ngaro a Ingarangi ki te whakaoti i te tukinga 5-0 Down Under. I whakaahuatia a Pietersen hei 'kore' mai i ona hoa kapa i taua Whakamatau Whakamutunga na te Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere o te Poari Cricket o Ingarangi me Wales a Paul Downton. E whakapono ana te rangatira o Ahitereiria, a Michael Clarke, ka taea e Kevin Pietersen te takaro i te raupapa Whakamatau a Ashes o tenei raumati. Kua wehe atu a Downton i tana tūranga, ā, kua hainatia e Pietersen mo Surrey me te whakaaro ki te tohu i ngā whiwhinga ka riro i a ia he hokinga mai. I eke ia ki te 170 ki a Oxford MCCU tata nei, ā, e whakaaro ana a Clarke ka taea e Pietersen te tohu anō i tōna whenua. 'E whakaaro ana ahau e taea e ia i te pungarehu,' ka mea a Clarke. 'Kua eke rawa ia ki te eke. 'Kua tino marama tana hiahia ki te tākaro, ā, ināianei ka tae mai ki ngā kaitākaro Ingarangi me te poari Ingarangi hei whakatau. Kāore a Pietersen i puta mō Ingarangi mai i tana wehenga i te 14 marama ki muri. Kei te tumanako te whetū o Ingarangi o mua ki te whakahoki mai i tana waahi Whakamatau ma te hokinga mai ki te kirikiti pōro whero. Engari i tēnei wā mai i te tirohanga a ngā Ahitereiria, he harikoa ahau mēnā kāore ia e tākaro ana nā te mea he kaitākaro whakamiharo ia. Ka hono atu a Clarke ki a Pietersen i te Big Bash League i muri i te whakapumautanga ka noho ia hei rangatira mo nga Melbourne Stars a tera tau. 'Ka pai ki te noho ki te taha kotahi,' ka mea ia. 'Ko te whai i taua papai hei rangatira - ki te whai i tētahi kaitākaro pēnei i roto i tō kapa - he tino whakaongaonga, ā, e mōhio ana ahau ka whai wāhi nui ia ki a mātou ki te angitu.'
E whakapono ana a Michael Clarke ko te puka Surrey a Kevin Pietersen e tika ana kia whakahokia mai. Kāore te kaitākaro 34-tau te pakeke i tākaro mō Ingarangi mai i te Whakamātautau Tuarima i Hītini. I whakaahuatia ia hei 'kore' mai i ona hoa kapa i te Whakamatau Whakamutunga. I hainatia e Pietersen mo Surrey e tumanako ana ki te eke i te maha o nga oma ki te whakahoki mai i te waahi.