Pietersen could be banned from working as TV Commentator in ICC World T-20

Kevin Pietersen’s miserable summer took another turn for the worse when it emerged that his attempt to take up a commentator’s role at the World Twenty20 next month could be vetoed by the International Cricket Council.
ESPN Star Sports announced ­yesterday that Pietersen would be working for them during the tournament in Sri Lanka, where England will be trying to hold on to the trophy they won in the West Indies in 2010.
Yet the event belongs to the ICC and it has the right to vet ­commentators used by the host ­broadcaster. Pietersen could fall foul of that process should pressure be brought to bear by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Pietersen’s latest move, which has angered many at the ECB with its insensitive timing, looks like another provocation and could have implications in any possible attempt by him to secure a central contract. Having criticised his team-mates in the dressing room, he would now be doing so to millions of viewers – an unavoidable situation if he wanted to do the job properly.
ESS, which holds the broadcast rights for ICC tournaments, said yesterday that Pietersen – who was named player of the tournament when England won it in 2010 – would be on its "presentation and analysis team" during the event.
"I’m very excited at working at the World T20 and watching England defend their trophy," Pietersen said yesterday, before realising that it had to be ratified by ICC.
Current players have worked in television and radio before when under contract, usually when they have been injured, and James Anderson and Matt Prior will both be in Sky’s London studio during the tournament.
But as one senior ECB source said of Pietersen’s latest move: "It is hardly the act of a man trying to build bridges."