7 Sep 2010

Pietersen fined for twitter outburst

6:12 am on 7 September 2010

The England cricketer Kevin Pietersen has been fined for his Twitter outburst.

Pietersen attended a disciplinary hearing at Lord's and pleaded guilty to two charges, following the post he made after being omitted from England's one-day squad.

Pietersen posted that he's done for rest of summer... Man of the World Cup T20 and dropped from the T20 side too.... its an f-up.

Pietersen, struggling for runs at international level, was released back to on-loan county Surrey in a bid to regain form ahead of England's defence of the Ashes in Australia later this year.

It looked a good move as he hit a century for Surrey on Saturday in a 40-over match against Sussex.