Players leave tours for plenty of reasons, a common one being the birth of a child, but Kevin Pietersen had a novel one for wanting to leave the Caribbean during the Test series against West Indies. The Sunday Telegraph reported that Pietersen had asked for permission to return home between the third and fourth Tests in order to watch his wife Jessica Taylor, a former Liberty X singer, take part in the television show Dancing on Ice.
He only wanted to go home for 48 hours but his request was refused by the team management. “It was deemed best that he stayed on tour,” said an ECB spokesman. Perhaps it contributed to Pietersen being at the “end of his tether” by the time the ODIs arrived.
Wedding Secret Revealed, a rewind back to 30th December 2007
The flamboyant batsman had tried to keep details of his wedding to Liberty X star Jessica Taylor a secret.
But news leaked out as teammates, including England captain Michael Vaughan and his wife Nichola, and celebrity friends began showing up at St Andrews Church in Castle Combe, Wiltshire, while villagers hung sparkling lights from windows nearby.
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